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From: <[email protected]>
Date: 9 Jan 2023 21:30:42 +0400
Subject: Leaked uncensored photos from your device are about to be shared to public.

Greetings! I am a professional hacker and you were under my
observation for quite some time now. Nowadays, it is not really hard
to organize, mostly for IT enthusiast like me. You may be wondering,
how did I manage to spy on you? Well, there are plenty of harmful
websites out there and it turns out that you like to visit them during
your free time. As result, my spyware has downloaded to your device.
This spyware detects all image-format files on iOS devices (HEIF, HEVC
or JPEG) as well as Android (JPEG, JPG or HEIC) devices. The most
interesting part is that whenever you connect to WIFI or to mobile
network (3G/4G+/H+/LTE), all your photos get quietly synchronized in
silent mode to my own cloud storage. I have collected sufficient
content in order to share to public your undisguised photos in social
networks, like Instagram or Facebook in a form of new posts or news,
or via personal messages of WhatsApp Viber, Telegram etc. Hence, even
if you delete those photos from your device, I still have got a copy
of them in my cloud, so you won’t be able to delete them as well. In
order to avoid YOUR UNCENSORED HOT NEWS being shared to your
contacts, I can suggest a fair deal to you. This deal is valid within
72 hours. Based on this deal, you need to transfer 1000 USD (in
Bitcoin equivalent) to my bitcoin wallet and after that I will
completely disappear from your life. In event that you are still
unaware about how to complete bitcoin funds transfer, you can easily
solve this issue by Googling “Buy Bitcoin with Credit Card or Debit
Card” or something similar. Besides that, there are plenty of P2P
services that can transfer the required Bitcoin amount to my wallet in
exchange for funds transfer from your bank card (Visa, MasterCard or
Maestro). Here is my Bitcoin address:
18bSTrufLfuvHwS7JYuF626MBGULSmxTgR I really want to settle this
situation in a peaceful manner and I believe you want that too.
Nothing personal, it is simply my job. Make sure you use valid
Antivirus software and stay away from unwanted websites. Take care of
yourself.

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