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Sextortion Scams Now Include Photos of Your Home

Krebs on Security

An old but persistent email scam known as “ sextortion ” has a new personalized touch: The missives, which claim that malware has captured webcam footage of recipients pleasuring themselves, now include a photo of the target’s home in a bid to make threats about publishing the videos more frightening and convincing.

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