<prompt> Human: There is a new sextortion email making the rounds demanding money from people to not have video of them sent to all of their contacts. They are using previous data from past data breaches to try and convince you that this is serious. Here is the text I received today: Lets get straight to the point. I am aware XXX is your password. Moreover, I do know about your secret and I have proof of your secret. You do not know me personally and no one employed me to investigate you. Its just your misfortune that I found your misdemeanor. In fact, I actually installed a malware on the adult vids pornography and you visited this web site to have fun you know what I mean. While you were busy watching videos, your web browser began operating as a Rdp Remote desktop that has a key logger which provided me access to your display and web cam. After that, my software collected your complete contacts from your messenger, facebook, as well as email. Next, I gave in much more hours than I shouldve looking into your life and made a double screen video. 1st part displays the video you were watching and other part shows the capture of your web camera its you doing dirty things. Honestly, I want to forget all about you and allow you to get on with your life. And I am about to present you two options that may achieve that. The two choices with the idea to ignore this letter, or simply just pay me 1900. Lets explore those 2 options in more detail. Option 1 is to ignore this email. Lets see what will happen if you choose this path. I will send out your video recording to your entire contacts including family members, coworkers, and many others. It does not save you from the humiliation your family will have to face when family and friends find out your unpleasant videos from me. Option 2 is to make the payment of 1900. We will name it my privacy fee. Now let me tell you what happens if you choose this path. Your secret remains your secret. I will erase the video immediately. You continue on with your life as though nothing ever occurred. At this point you may be thinking, I will complain to the police. Let me tell you, I have covered my steps to make sure that this email message cant be linked back to me and yes it wont stop the evidence from destroying your health. Im not planning to break your bank. I just want to be compensated for efforts and time I put in investigating you. Lets assume you have chosen to generate this all go away and pay me the confidentiality fee. Youll make the payment through Bitcoin if you dont know this, type how to buy bitcoins on search engine Amount to be sent: 1900 Bitcoin Address to Send to: 16Cq8aSzMvr9SigEE4Lmnp1dTURancp1YY It is cASe sensitive, so copy and paste it carefully Tell no person what you should be sending the bitcoin for or they may not offer it to you. The task to get bitcoins can take a couple of days so do not delay.Ive a special pixel within this message, and at this moment I know that youve read this email. You now have 48 hours in order to make the payment. If I do not receive the Bitcoins, I will, no doubt send out your video to your contacts including close relatives, colleagues, and so on. You better come up with an excuse for friends and family before they find out. Nevertheless, if I receive the payment, I will erase the video immediately. It is a non-negotiable one time offer, thus kindly do not waste my personal time yours. The clock is ticking.The XXX password they sent in the text was an old one of mine that had been compromised many years ago, but it did make me pay attention at first. The rest of the message didnt matter because I never go to these sites. What I did:I reported the scam to the FBI including the email address and the bitcoin wallet. I reported the email address to the appropriate .com and Im letting you all know right now. Here is a security blog that is discussing the sudden wave of these emails going out.Everyone should check their login information for data breaches and change the appropriate passwords using Have I been PwnedAnytime you receive a message saying pay money or else, be skeptical that there is an else. I do not care if youre visiting the sites this person claims, but make sure that you do not send money off to a scam no matter how worried your are.  <response>: pro-tip, folks: if someone has something with which to blackmail you they do not tell you they have it and demand you send them money...they show you the thing and demand money. The best lies are ones with a tiny grain of truth at the center. In this case, a password you have used in the past is used as evidence that they know things and to try to convince you they know other things. 