Sextortion scams surge with personal data to extort money
New research from Barracuda reveals a rise in personalised sextortion attacks globally, whereby cybercriminals use victims' personal information to intensify blackmail pressures. Sextortion scams involve criminals demanding money by threatening to release explicit imagery alleged to be stolen from victims' devices.…
Phoned about 6 times in the last few days. No message left from the missed ones and the phone usually goes dead when answered. Last time there was an Asian sounding lady asking about conducting a survey - I tried conducting a survey of my own to find out more about where she was coming from but she hung up. I blocked the number.
Phoned 6 times in the last few days. Never leave a message. Don't recognise the number so I don't answer. No idea who would phone me from France so no doubt it's a scam of some sort.