'My Trojan Captured All Your Private Information Email' Scam

'My Trojan Captured All Your Private Information Email' Scam is a scam targeted at inexperienced users who could be tricked into paying a ransom for protecting their reputation. As you see, the hackers behind this threat send their victims’ emails that claim the cybercriminals have embarrassing videos and screenshots showing how a victim is viewing adult content. Needless to say that in reality, the hackers do not have this material as the Trojan, the scammers talk about, does not exist. Thus, for anyone who receives 'My Trojan Captured All Your Private Information Email' Scam’s emails we advise not to believe a word they say. Instead, we recommend concentrating on how to avoid being targeted with such scams in the future. If you want to know how hackers pick their targets and deliver the scam messages to them, we invite you to read the rest of this article.

To begin with, we should talk about how 'My Trojan Captured All Your Private Information Email' Scam’s emails might reach their victims. Our specialists say that hackers most likely purchase victims’ email addresses from the dark web. Also, they could collect them during a data breach or a similar attack on some database that has lots of such contact information. Thus, users who do not want to get under the scammers’ radar should be extra careful to whom and where they provide their email address. If you need to submit it to register on some site, you should first make sure its creators can protect your personal information. Also, we highly recommend watching out for fake lotteries, surveys, and other content alike. If you submit your personal information on an unreliable website, your data could go straight to cybercriminals, which is why you have to be careful all the time.

Of course, in a case your details get exposed during a data breach, you might be unable to do anything about it. However, reacting fast to such an incident could allow you to change your password before hackers misuse them to get into your accounts. Also, if you learn that your email address got exposed during a data breach, you should start expecting to receive malicious emails like messages associated with the 'My Trojan Captured All Your Private Information Email' Scam. In other words, under such circumstances, it is best to be careful with all emails that come from unreliable sources, unknown senders, and so on. Especially, if such emails carry messages of blackmail. Always remember that you can search for suspicious email messages and their senders on the Internet, so you should never rush into anything.

How should the 'My Trojan Captured All Your Private Information Email' Scam’s email message look like? According to our researchers, the message’s subject should say “Hi victim,” “Hi my prey,” “Hi my sacrifice,” or something similar. The hackers may use the same greeting in the letter again. The cybercriminals message should claim that their Trojan managed to get into a victim’s computer and, as a result, the hackers were able to capture a use while viewing adult content. Next, the message ought to say that the hackers have your contacts list and are going to send your contacts all the material showing how a user was watching adult content.

To prevent this from happening scammers suggest paying a ransom of 600 US dollars. The 'My Trojan Captured All Your Private Information Email' Scam’s message might even claim a user has to pay within 48 hours or else the hackers will expose victims as promised. Even if you were watching adult content on your computer, you should not pay any attention to the 'My Trojan Captured All Your Private Information Email' Scam’s letter. Our researchers say that, in reality, there is no Trojan, which means the cybercriminals do not have access to your computer. However, if you want to be sure your privacy is safe and that your computer is protected, you could use the following steps.

Recommended extra precautions

1. Delete the 'My Trojan Captured All Your Private Information Email' Scam's email.
2. Employ a reliable antimalware tool.
3. Then check if there are no threats on your system.
4. Do not give your email address to untrustworthy parties.