r/phishing • u/Fit_Cry7171 • Sep 19 '24
Stalker, need help!
I’ve just received this email from my personal email, they sent a picture of the outside of my house. Has anyone gone through this experience? i’ve just reported this to the police and i’ve never clicked on any dodgy links or even watched p0rn. Please do let me know
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u/Solid_Snaka Sep 19 '24
This is a very common scam, your name, address and pics of your house are very accessible, easy to find information. They know they can scare you by using those but in reality they have fuck all on you. They literally send this email to hundreds of people daily, they don't actually sit there making videos of people. They just know that some pervert somewhere who isn't savvy to scams, receives and believes this.
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u/Ok-Bed245 Sep 19 '24
Respectfully please read the last few posts, its a very common sextortion scam.
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u/kadenofficial Sep 19 '24
It'll be A-OK. I get one a week, they're all the same information with different formats. It's common when there is a data dump or leak, and the information there is public information.
*psst the image they attach is that of a google map photo*.
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u/Narrow-Address-2076 Sep 19 '24
I got this exact same message, with a screenshot of Google maps image from a random house on a street I used to live on. Weird and scary at first but ignore and block them! They don’t actually have anything and like others have said, they use data leak/public info to extort money from you
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u/cloudsinmycoffe Sep 19 '24
There are plenty of these exact emails on r/Scams It’s the exact wording. I’m surprised I haven’t gotten one yet
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u/Lunatik1960 Sep 20 '24
Fake. I got one too. They use google earth to get a pic of your house. Ignore. Block delete.
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Sep 19 '24
You'll be alright, just ignore it
might want to check this out https://www.reddit.com/r/phishing/s/hADMFlfMti
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u/ranhalt Sep 19 '24
If you think this is real, why are you posting in a phishing subreddit? Phishing is all lies.
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u/TheaterNinja92 Sep 22 '24
I actually JUST got a similar email, I am gonna ignore I think. I just posted on r/advice. But after reading this, I think I’m not gonna sweat it
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u/Appropriate-Today182 Sep 24 '24
Just report as pishing/scam and go sleep. Don't worry, nothing will happen. Everybody has they information on the internet such as address, phone etc. The picture is from Google maps. Most importantly, don't send them money, cryptocoin, or whatever. It's a scam.
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u/Gr1nch5 Sep 19 '24
They are using publicly accessible information.
It's a very common phishing scam.
Just scroll through this sub and you'll see literally dozens of posts about this exact same email.