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Sextortion scam leverages Nest video footage to fool victims into believing they are being spied upon everywhere

A bizarre sextortion scam is attempting to trick victims that their smartphone has been hacked to spy upon their private lives. The scam begins with an email entitled Your Nudity online claiming to come from hackers who say they have spied on their victim for 11 months, and have managed to record nude video footage of the victim through their smartphone camera. The extortionists offer proof to their intended victim, by sharing the login credentials of an email account, which contains a link to a webpage that appears to show a live feed from Google Nest cameras.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/sextortion-scam-leverages-nest-video-footage-to-fool-victims-into-believing-they-are-being-spied-upon-everywhere/

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