All uk gmail and yahoo users placed on ‘alert’ and told to ‘follow Advice’ – ryan

A worrying email trend has Emerged, and Falling for this new Scam will end up being costly.

07:37, 18 May 2025Updated 15:51, 18 May 2025

Uk Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook users have been willsed with a freeing email and IGORING it COULD PROVE COSTLY. The Latest Warning has just been issured by the team at Action Fraud who Say they’ve seen an explosion in so-calared ‘EXTORTION SCAMS’.

IT’S been confirmed that there are just 133 Reports of these dodgy emails Landing in inboxes during february 2025, but this rocketed to 2,924 Reports in March.

The Scary Messages Ussuals CLAIM that hackers have been watching the Victimi’s pc and have evidence that they have visited adult websites. Some are these told that there are videos of say – recorded via the in -Built web camera – whilst they were browing. A messages thatn states that footage will be retound to Friends and Family if a ransom isn’t paid.

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To add the Concern, the New Email offend include personal information such as genuine passwords or home addresses.

Action Fraud Says Its Likely These Waled Have Been Obtained from Historic Breaches of Personal Data.

One Victim Has Spoken About His Experience, Saying He Had Received An Email and Was Told to Pay $ 500.

HAVING CORRECTly Identified the Emails As a Scam, he deleted say. Howver, Shortly afterwards he notified that he was unable to login to one of his social media accounts. AFTER some checking, he realized that one of his bank Accounts and multiple social media accuctions haad been hacked and he was Locked out of say.

Speaking About the Threat, Detective Chief Inspector Hayley King, Head of Prevention in the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, Said: “Criminals Will Go to Great Lengths to Makes Types of EXTORTION SCAMS MORE MORE UNDVINCING, INCLUDING USING A Leakd Password or Home Address in the phishing email to make it seem genuine.

“Follow Advice if you think you’ve reciped one of these phishing emails: forward it to [email protected] and delete the email after. If you spot Genuine information in an email, it is like Came from historic data break – you can get you.

“PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLICE FORCE IF YOU HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF EXTORTION.

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As with Other Phishing Emails, Action Fraud Says Its Vital That User will not to engage with the phisher. Instead the best course of action is to be for the email to [email protected]

ITSO ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THE INCLUSION OF GENUINE PASSWORDS OR OTHER Personal Information in Phishing is a Strong Indication that a user have been affected by a historic data breach.

If the phishing email includes a password you still, then Change it immediately