Do not get caught - or threatened into this one

This particular scam always makes me laugh. My computer activity will consist of visiting Gransnet and watching sewing videos on YouTube. I can’t imagine who would get turned on by that!

I’ve had this as well, reported as inappropriate content

Primrose53, that surprises me, as it is one i have not had before.

Deedaa Many years the father of a friend found an unknown charge on his credit card, contacted the credit card company, who investigated, said it was an error and repaid the money. A year later the police turned up as the mischarge was from a child porn company and his number had turned up on a list of credit card numbers of customers. They took away his computer and ransacked his house, they could find absolutely nothing associated with child pornography.

He told them about the mischarge, the credit company confirned it had been an error and had been paid back. This was all ignored. He was up in court and in the papers, his friends ostracised him, his marriage broke down, he could not see his grandchildren and eventually my friend had a breakdown.

When the case finally came to court, the CPS said they were withdrawing all charges, as it was quite clear it was a computer mischarge, which had been highlighted at the time and there was no evidence he had any interest in child pornography.

Deedaa your DH was very very lucky.

The police once seized DH's computer and accused him of downloading child pornography. I told the DS who took it away that the only things he would find on it would be pictures of Italy and Cats. When he brought it back 3 months later (apparently we weren't an important case) he said "You were right, Italy and cats"

Thanks MOnica

I sometimes get those emails in my Junk folder. The ‘evidence’ they claim they have I know 1000% is non-existent so I just block the sender and delete.

The message goes on about how you have to pay them in Bitcoin and how to go about buying it. Yeah, right. Your not getting any of my Bitcoins matey. Back in your box.

The first time you see it yes it is a bit scary but quickly dismissed. There are some individuals who may do "naughty" things in front of their computers while watching adult videos and pics. Im pretty broadminded about that so long as it doesnt involve kiddies. This kind of thing is designed to scare the life out of the poor sods. Put a post is label on your camera lens if your going to do an "adults in private" session.

I'd say publish and be damned! My Internet activity would bore the socks off any watcher 😴

Crikey, is that one still doing the rounds? That has been going since the internet started!!

Dh had similar on Saturday that he had been watching hard porn and had to pay a substantial amount of money or everyone would know. Idk what else it said as dh deleted in on my advice as I’d heard of similar spams. Not nice whatever.

I've had similar. Pretty terrifying at first, but when he said he would put my naughty videos online I then realised it was a scam. I simply don't have any naughty videos.

Yes, that is why one can tell the threats are a load of nonsense. You and I, Septimia, have got this email even though there is nothing on our computers to threaten us with - and they haven't found this out, so clearly have not done anything else to our computers either, so haven't looked at anyone elses computer either.

I've twice had a similar email. It's not nice. I think the email I got said that the sender had taken over the camera on my computer and that they had filmed me doing naughty things. I had to laugh at that - I have a cover over the camera lens on the computer, so they'd have been hard pushed to film anything.

So I ignored both demands for money and, surprise (!), heard no more.

He’s bound to hit on someone with a guilty conscience!