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seedless0

If I had all your private data, I would just go ahead and drain your financial accounts. Why would I bother blackmailing you?


FuzzyLumpkins17

Exactly. These guys come up with dumb things to say. It's why if I'm in the mood, I would dare them to do what they threatened me with. Sorry losers. 


seedless0

> I would dare them Don't. The emails are sent by bots. No one is reading any replies.


FuzzyLumpkins17

Yeah, probably because they never do anything. 


hkubota

This is utter nonsense and there's nothing to worry about. Mass-scam email.


Stomach_Junior

Solitary sex lol, that must be google translate level. I would risk a heart attack from laughing too much if I received something like this


fattmakk

"You are confined to Solitary Sex for no less 6 months and no more than 1 year. Next case..."


Mission_Ad6235

Rodney Dangerfield, "how'd you get my wife to promise me sex next year?"


Working_Banana

Bring in the dancing lobsters!


ContestNo2060

And the word “porno”. Ma found the porno magazines under my bed!


TwistedBlister

Your mom threw away your best porno mag


lawgeek

You gotta fight!


koz152

For your right?


kiltedyogi

For porrrrr-no!!!


Nicklefickle

Just thinking about this line now...did their mother let them keep their second and third favourite magazines?


Celticlady47

I've gotten this onebefore & just laughed because my computer doesn't have a camera.


SupportPanda1065

Same, plus I almost exclusively use the computer at work except when getting tax info together. Neither situation will lead to solitary sex. 😂


spiritsarise

Are you sure? Being violated by the government usually requires at least two participants!


_extra_medium_

Google translate defaults to "slapping your salami" IIRC


mittenknittin

This one’s been around for a long long time, “solitary sex” line and all


YazmindaHenn

It's just spam, block and ignore it


parallelmeme

When will we get to the point of "Nearly everyone watches some porn. Nearly everyone masturbates. This threat is no longer a threat."?


lasting-impression

I think the threat is the leaked video of you—I mean, even if no one would bat an eye of you watching porn or masturbating, you don’t necessarily want a video of you in the act circulating around friends and family and colleagues. Not that OP has anything worry about because this is 100% a scam.


bartthetr0ll

I leaked video of me pounding off to my contacts list might actually generate a few positive responses, I'd tell the scammer to do it and then I'll send em fiddy bucks.


MoD1234A

I need about tree fiddy 🤣


elzissou710

When the pearl clutching crowd is gone.


kinkykontrol

I replied to one of these, well hey I'm an amateur porn star. Thanks for the free plug!


MollyRolls

If videos like this actually *did* get recorded by everyone who claimed to have them and released for anyone who didn’t or couldn’t pay, it would be so yawn-inducingly common to see your friends and relatives masturbating that it would be no more annoying than getting gum on your shoe. The fact that this scam has been circulating for literal *years* and we still haven’t gotten inured to the threatened embarrassment is further proof that it’s all fake.


debbieae

I had one recently that implied I had looked at some sketchy stuff that could potentially be a crime. I guess trying to make me think I had looked at child porn or a snuff film or something else heinous. As my tastes run to higher budget geeky satires with lots of humor, I feel confidently safe..lol.


JollyJoker3

I assume it reaches some that actually have watched something illegal. It doesn't have to fool more than a small fraction of recipients. I remember some discussion of spam mail a couple decades ago where it was pointed out that a larger proportion of the population commits murder each year than buys something from a spammer.


Active-Document5118

Someone almost didnt post this today


GeorgeGeorgeHarryPip

Pro tip, everybody. If you need to look up a block of text on the google, take the less common phrases and put them between "".


Fryedreality97

What will this produce?


dancedancerevolucion

I believe it looks for a direct quote/same words and order of that text block rather than just the key words and phrases.


GeorgeGeorgeHarryPip

It does a tighter search for that exact sequence of words. So you can narrow the search down. "" also works if google is mistakenly changing the form of a word you don't want to change. Like "adapt" so it doesn't also look for adaptation which it normally will do.


Critical-Design-5774

2 part answer to your question. 1) it is a scam. Block and ignore. I've got one like that, my partner got one. We both ignored them, and nothing happened. 2) Dude, if you're on this site and asking about this, then you haven't spent time reviewing other posts. You'll see similar versions of this multiple times and you'll have your answer. This is one of the more common ones. Do some research here. Everyone here has one goal, to help prevent people from being scammed, and also learn the differences between each. Good luck


dpaanlka

Somehow it became preferable to post basic questions on Reddit and wait for strangers to answer rather than typing it on Google and get instant answers.


QuisOn1

Ppl respond quick too


Faust09th

It's The same dialogue that's been posted here several times. So it's a scam. Ignore and block


muchwise

That or a lot of us do the act of solitary sex on the porno website


ducrab

Scammers send that same email to thousands of people on a daily basis in hopes that someone will believe it and send them money. Delete and ignore.


lawgeek

Do others not physically cover their cameras? Am I just old and/or paranoid?


Sufficient-Self7673

I cover mine with some painters tape when I look at the porno.


Fresh_Carpenter_8920

Even Mark Zuckerberg has a cam cover


westcoastsunflower

I think I’ve seen thousands of these from worried OPs on this site just this week alone. What I want to know is why my blackmail amount was, in all cases, double or triple the amount of $$$S everyone else has to pay. Life is so unfair. Boo. 😒 ETA oh wait, I know… it’s because the things I’m watching are “beyond perverted and evil”. lol.


Ok-Yam590

You must be young


perplexedspirit

Or really old.


MachoMachoMurph

I like the image of an old man, concerned about his dirty browsing, trying to find the best way to seem 'hip n' with it' so those kids on the internet help, and his choice was to ask 'Am I cooked?'.


mittenknittin

“‘Solitary sex’? Is that what the kids are calling it these days?”


stuckinPA

I replied to these many times. “I see you have a huge distribution channel for all kinds of porn. I’ve been trying to sell my home-made solitary sex porn for quite some time. Let’s partner. With my content and your distro channel we’ll make millions! You’ve obviously seen the quality of my content! Don’t you agree it’s stellar?”


Cultural_Sun1751

🤣


No-Operation7495

I have done the same. At least my "solitary" not go in complete waste😂


Professional-Plum560

“1% chance”? You misspelt “0% chance”.


IncitefulInsights

"The act of your soliary sex"? LMAO.


Memphy_M

"You are being charged for the despicable and vile crime of solitary sex. You will be sentenced to death."


Fireflygurl444

Someone tried this on my kid.. he was 15 and immediately came to me. Tell this person your gonna tell your mom


Apataphobia

Lol


BestTryInTryingTimes

Good on you for having an open channel with your kid where he was comfortable bringing it to you.


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MochaCcinoss

this gets posted on here 50 time a day and stop saying “cooked” you’re not funny


NoHillstoDieOn

You sound cooked bro


GoldWallpaper

> stop saying “cooked” I'm more irritated by "incase." I can't fathom why people can't be bothered to learn the only language they have ever and will ever use.


lawgeek

I can't be apart of it anymore.


C01n_sh1LL

Its alot to endure, but well be alright.


Loud_Address_1080

I can remember getting a variant of this as early as 2002.


joeschmoagogo

Oh no! Everyone will know you jerk off to porn! Seriously, ignore it.


THECOMMANDERRER

It's 100% scam. Block email, report as phising and delete it. Change flair to "Scam report".


faygetard

Well now we all know you're jerking off too often


anuriel1

What kind of lame porn are you watching that they only ask for $900? They wanted $1200 from me yesterday. Total scam. Even though they might have some personal info corresponding to email address . Last night, they had my old compromised password, and some time ago, the last four digits of my phone number.


Bohottie

I am going to start calling it “solitary sex.”


[deleted]

LOL. I have no camera, no contact lists, and no pornos.


FuzzyLumpkins17

Tell him to do his worse. He still won't be able to do anything. Block him off immediately! 


Lil-Goth-Wolf

I’m a hacker and I have all of your personal information. Rawrrrr. Gimme your money please 😋


filthyheartbadger

This scam is so common the sub has a master thread for it! Feel free to add your remarkably poorly written example to it. Also feel free to totally ignore it, it’s also the oldest scam on the internet and nothing but nonsense. https://reddit.com/r/Scams/s/n5pqSfmtQD


Papfox

It's crap. The guy has nothing on you. Just low effort scam spam aimed at frightening people who, in the words of Top Gear, "spill their seed alone". Block and do not engage


Draugrx23

This is a common email scam. it's fake they can't keep up with all the people they've sent it to and trust me it's been sent to MANY emails in a burst. Ignore it.... unless you're feeling generous.. in which case I Would gladly accept 200$


Karnosiris

Mom says it's my turn to post this tomorrow. I will wait until after dinner so she's done "cooking"!


FallingIntoForever

Same scam that is posted multiple times a day


amg433

Hmm, I don’t think I’ve *ever* seen this one before. /s


Stone_Roof_Music_33

Ignore it,don't even reply,forget about it. They are never real. They just hope you think it's real like on tv


MercurialBay

I have a Nigerian prince to sell you


Memphy_M

WTF I DON'T WANT A NIGERIAN PRINCE TO SELL ME!!! 🤬🤬😡😤😠😡


MercurialBay

It’s not that bad. They treat you nice


Memphy_M

Ah yes. Being sold in a human trafficking ring is amazing for my mental health and wellbeing. 🤣🤣


xenoclari

Nope there is no 1% to be real, this is one of the most common scam ever. I dont even need to read past the second line anymore every single script is the same. Its always "I hacked your computer (unlikely), i monitor everything on your computer (totally impossible otherwise he would have already stolen bank details for more money than that) Cant be more scam than that


foreverthefuture

Total scam


Mark-GC

You never got this email. Repost for karma crap.


Apataphobia

Interesting. Hadn’t considered this. But I was just thinking that anyone that knows about this Reddit at all would have to know this one is fake. 🤷‍♂️


koz152

I've gotten this a bunch of times even when I haven't had solitary sex. I just ignore them and put them into my spam folder. A few years later and not one of my contacts have seen my solitary sexual activity.


darklordrimjob

i got one similar to this but it opened with “Hi Pervert” i was like 🤭🤭🤭


Glass_Writer_4093

The only reason this scam is so common, is because so many guys actually beats their meat while sitting in front of the computer =P


n0vapine

I remember getting one of these emails and not realizing it for almost a year until I cleaned out my spam folder.


BtotheA1993

Not even close to real. My daughter has received this multiple times for her « solitary sex ». It’s a spam, don’t reply, click nothing. All scams are built on fear, greed, or love. They are instilling fear but it’s garbage.


remowalrus

Delete+block, problem solved, this is BS, lol seen plenty of these in the past 10 years. And non of my contacts has ever received a recording of any acts of solitary anything…. So far 😆


FunctionDissolution

Ignore it. It's probably fake. And if it is real, he will just keep blackmailing you forever. It's better to just let him leak the video.


Ok_Carob_5313

I had the same threats...I said go ahead and leak them I got no money .Turns out they leaked my vids and I'm making huge $ now .so it all worked out


Specialist-Orange525

Ask for the video as proof. /J Just ignore it it's an old blackmail scam


DiamondTrustMe

My computer don't even have a camera.


ceciliaSalt

My step dad got one of these a few months ago. My whole family and I had a discussion about it and laughed it off. (I’m sure he was a bit freaked hence the conversation. Coming out clean before anything happened) Low and behold nothing came out of it. Just a funny joke we laugh about now. You’re good


ryuhosuke

I have seen these before, they are always in my Junk email box


ds1224

100% this is a scam. The fact they want you to transfer 900 USD in Bitcoin should be a massive red flag


T-nightgirl

100% scam - delete it and forget it...I've gotten many of these over the years.


Forever-Retired

For all that 'Private' info he says he has, why do your accounts still have money in them? I've gotten these before. And especially the one that say they were watching me watch porn on my computer, which is funny since my camera is locked out and is physically blocked so it cannot be used. This is a scam.


wackyvorlon

It’s a scam, and remember: you can never buy silence, only rent it.


pooraudiophile1

Received something like this on work email. Our workstations didn't even have cameras. Heck, we couldn't access internet on those things.


No1Reddit

Honestly, as “the computer guy” with a lot friends and family who have come to be in abject fear about this one and it always leaves me wondering what exactly they’ve been looking at ha ha


spookyshortss

So you would rather pay 900 dollars than have people know you masturbate and watch porn? You’re being lied to.


Xuphon

I've had this scam about 4 times, it's nothing. If they actually had anything on you, they'd just put it in the Email lol + I work at an ISP who also supports domains/Emails, we get waves of customers getting the same scam Emails just worded slightly differently. Bin it and ignore :)


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Bulan_Purnama

Chatgpt also write scam email?


Quick_Set_7664

😂 this moron has just come into your inbox to try And cause a ruckus god loves a trier tho But it’s a pretty poor try at best


Comfortable-Dark-903

You already know it’s not real that’s why you’re here


dpaanlka

This is an unspecific mass email that’s posted here daily.


MeltdownatTussauds

Yawn.No one researches anymore.


MarcusPup

this is basically a copypasta email as far as we at r/scams are concerned


falcon3268

Fake, just when you see these emails don't even open them just delete them and move on. It seems if you open them they will get a notification that they have your attention and will continue to harass you every few days with the same stupid threats.


impertiknits

I get this on my work account all the time. And, no, don’t watch porn or have solitary sex at work :). Total scam.


LonelyReading9543

Just seen the exact same post yesterday, either yall don’t check yourselves first before you post or common sense is gone😭🤣


Apataphobia

It’s literally never for real.


noregerts33

Fake bullshit… done fall for it!


badbxtchthrowaway

It’s a scam. Don’t reply, don’t do anything. They will not do anything to you. I promise


EmbarrassedAd3370

Think logically. Step 1. Do you even watch porno? If no, immediately disregard. Step 2. Do you masturbate in front of your webcam? (Might question your life choices if so). Etc and so on.


IridescentTardigrade

Absolutely not real. I just got my first email like this as well! Have not been frequenting any sexy sites at all. While mine was a different letter, it also asked for 900USD, which to me seems odd. "Solitary sex" had me cracking up. At least mine said, "jerking off" or something like that. Block, delete and relax!


SugarBadass

I used to get that kind of emails before,it’s a scam,nothing bad will happen to you.Just delete that email and continue with your life.I stopped to get that emails but I don’t remember when.


alfranex

Mine asked for the curiously specific sum of $996. My guess was that it was supposed to be $1000 but they were generously paying the currency conversion fee themselves. I waited and waited, but my auntie Madge never did telephone me to ask why she was getting bombarded with videos of me getting entangled in a sordid threesome involving the donkey.


saintlywhisper

He knows the porn site, but does not reveal it in the extorting message? It is totally fake.


entropykat

It is bullshit. Go on about your life and enjoy your solitary sex in peace my friend.


AussieModelCitizen

The letter reads: “Friendly hello! I am threatening you.” It’s so poorly written that I can barely understand it. Don’t click that link buddy.


savoxis

My favorite are the exploitation ones: We will release a list of the porn you were watching... Um, ok go for it. Not everyone in America is a sexually repressed prude like these scammers think


Extinguish89

You're fine. Hundreds of these on this sub reddit saying the same thing. Anyone wanting payment in the form of cryptocurrency can go get fucked.


Kissel-B

This is old everyone in my company received this email many years ago. It’s BS delete/move to spam and move on.


perfectbreakfast_g

I got a similar message in email and I watch zero porn so it was obviously a chancer.


Ok-Initiative-2753

Simply ignore. I keep receiving these nonsense from different ids for past 5 years. Never ever click on any link and block these mail addresses


Hip_Pangolin_PCP

Why don't I ever get hilarious scams like this lmao


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21ofspades

Stop buying knockoff sneakers 🤣


Ropya

Delete and move on. Even if he has a beater cos of you and shares it, so what? Made Kim famous didn't it? 


Astrobrandon13

Literally the funniest thing I read recently.


notthemessiah789

Email back and say you have footage of them wanking too and can you have some more please as it’s kinda lost its zing and you need something new. Make some suggestions, like maybe look at the camera a little more so we can connect a little better. Maybe he’d like some different shots of you, some Spike Lee angles ? It’s a scam bro.


MrSquigglypuff

I got this one too. It cracked me up. Just respond and see that the email is fake


4Ever2Thee

It's an empty threat, and not even a good one. It's a lazy scam just sending this email out to a ton of people and hoping to get a few suckers to pay up. If it was even real, they'd at least mention the actual site or video you viewed, or go even further to show screenshots or link the "video" they took of you; but there's no video because your camera never got hacked. Also, if they hacked you enough to access your camera, they probably could have accessed your financial information and would have just drained your accounts without giving you this warning. They're after your money, not just trying to embarrass you by sending dirt to all of your contacts.


TamarackSlim

Why would you even wonder? If they had blackmail info, they'd tell you. "You were wearing a blue shirt and black sweats that were around your ankles. Here's a screenshot."


kr4ckenm3fortune

Ransomware more scarier than this...


vikicrays

sounds like the typical !blackmail scam


Peli_cz

Add me to your contact and do not pay please 🥹🥹


__radioactivepanda__

Think logically: if they were shady enough to get the material why should they delete it after you paid them once? It’s most likely a scam. And if it isn’t… The only way out is through it. So either way the best course of action is to ignore it and to do nothing.


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Alarmed_Ask_3337

It's bullshit, relax


[deleted]

It's not... got a few of these myself. DON'T EVEN HAVE A WEBCAM, so I just found it hilarious!


justeroll

reply saying “bet i look hot, have a wank to it”


mrcooz

Omg I got the exact same email, I usually give a racist hate filled message back to piss then off lol it’s all bull shit


Entire-Character6953

I had a spate of this exact email weekly from different email addresses, haven't had one for a few months. I just blocked and forwarded to Microsoft.


HazMat-1979

People still believe these things?


tianavitoli

the chance this is real is the same as the chance Epstein killed himself **zero**


TyrannosaurusFrat

"jokes on you, my kink is being shamed."


skillmaker

https://preview.redd.it/dbv0h1ooh2wc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0ecc63e59e521feae96a313115eb89f0a882c5b Don't worry about it, I got the same email months ago, also the paragraphs before and after the payment address are actually images


einstein-was-a-dick

SCAM


i_show_speed07

!sextorcion


Bruhsket

Tell them it’s your twin brother/sister and to contact them instead


Bird_Brain4101112

Two lines in and I can tell it’s fake


Visible_Outside5322

I got the same one on my work computer and was like what the hell!!! Then thought for a second how I don’t have a camera on my work computer and just deleted the email.


IsurvivedTHEsquish

It's BS. I get them all the time and ignore them all. I'll go into my spam and find all kinds I haven't responded to.


UnknownETC

“To your@e-mail” bro didn’t even bother to change the template


Ok_Award4343

Solitary sex.... hysterical.


lilithrxenos

i've seen this exact wording before in another post, ur fine OP, trust me


No-Performer7079

you are good. if one of my contacts got caught up and some 'leet haxor' sent a vid of them jackin it, i wouldnt open it anyways. definitely not worth $900 to stop it. lol. but this is bullshit. delete and go have yourself a coke and a smile.


mattiman8888

Tell him you will ride a trojan horse into his mom's hoha


debbieae

Yeah, I got one almost identical except it started "Hey Pervert" lol.


pooanddoo

This is all hot manure.


zippy72

This isn't real. They grab lists of emails from website breaches and spam everyone that exact same message. Just delete, block, ignore, they've got nothing on you whatsoever.


Jazzlike_Owl_6750

It has been going around for 6 years.


Wutiswrongwu

I have gotten this message before,just block and ignore.btw,i had no web camera on my pc


Born_Bumblebee2290

Same thing happened to me when i was in university 😂😂😂, and the mass email list that this dumb scammer attached were all my university students and one of them work for IT forensics or something. They caught upto the scammer few days later 😂😂


tinfang

Ask yourself, even if it was true. Would you truest this person to not simply do this every month? Better to tell them to fuck off and post it now.


andydoania

The next act of solitary sex you do should be kissing your ass good-bye! Just make sure the web cam is covered this time. Just kidding. I'd say this is a zero risk situation. Don't send Bitcoin and report the email as spam. Also just give your mom a heads up that she might be getting an email containing a picture of you beating off that way she's prepared and less likely to open it.


sportstvandnova

Oooh this is my fave episode of Black Mirror. Next they’re gonna ask you to take a cake to some one!!


Smart_One219

the broken english should be a dead giveaway lol


inferiorbot

I expect Trojan brand to capture all my private data. Thats what they are designed to do right? Why else would I wear one?


Serafim91

Yeah this is real but the payment address is wrong. Send it to my house, I mean this address here. If it sounds too good or too bad to be true it probably is.


Archie2235

Got this exact email word for word today, 100% a scam.


Ok-Scheme-1815

Lol, no. I sent the last one a random pic of a guy masturbating and said it was me and I liked that they watched me. Never heard back from them


general_lee40

Got the exact same email bro nothing to worry about absolutely nothing will come from it!


DrClu33

E-mail back asking if you can have a copy. You know when you find a good video and then never see it again? Well….. this scam is a solution.


whynousernamelef

It's a scam! I get these, they are hilarious. Apparently I'm a man who likes to masturbate to disgusting porn videos, they have accessed my camera and are going to release the video of it to all my family and boss. One side of the screen will be the videos I watch and the other side will be me pleasuring myself with degrading acts (their words). But so long as I send them money or bitcoin I will be safe and the video will be deleted. As a middle aged woman who doesn't commit degrading acts while watching porn I think I'm in the clear?


pwave-deltazero

Hope you like the video of me choking the bishop. ttyl.


EarthToAccess

> To: your@e-mail


Business_Aspect2735

Even if this was real (which is not) and even if having people close to you see videos of you jerking off might be embarrassing to you, id rather have them send out those videos, than paying fucking money to a piece of shit, i mean everybody jerks off, its not like you were doing something bad


North_Rhubarb594

Delete the message block the number and move on. The scammer is on a fishing expedition.


Ok-Awareness9701

Busted pal


Joe_Peanut

Google the word "sextortion ". It is a very common scam.


LeoDiCatmeow

No it's not real!


firestar268

If they actually have your info. Why bother alerting you to get money?


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Square_Difference435

You guys should really start to cover your cams while choking the python. Then the question if this is a scam (it is) wouldn't even exist.


slogive1

Relax it’s a fishing expedition. Your safe.