#wankstortion — Public Fediverse posts

Oh, there's a new #wankstortion campaign brewing, it seems.

The one that inboxed here today (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20260101_wankstortion_localhost.localdomain.62yun.com_peter@bsdly.net_cleartext.txt) came, unusually, over IPv6 - 2a0d:6c2:6:6bd:: (the 62yun.com net), otherwise unremarkable. See "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html #sextortion #blackmail #bitcoin #bitcon #cybercrime

Oh, there's a new #wankstortion campaign brewing, it seems.

The one that inboxed here today (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20260101_wankstortion_localhost.localdomain.62yun.com_peter@bsdly.net_cleartext.txt) came, unusually, over IPv6 - 2a0d:6c2:6:6bd:: (the 62yun.com net), otherwise unremarkable. See "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html #sextortion #blackmail #bitcoin #bitcon #cybercrime

glancing at the #spamd log I see attempts like

Sep 15 14:53:06 skapet spamd[85002]: (GREY) 103.120.44.85: <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>
Sep 15 14:53:06 skapet spamd[70382]: Trapping 103.120.44.85 for tuple 103.120.44.85 [103.120.44.85] <[email protected]> <[email protected]>

I suspect another #wankstortion campaign but won't know for sure until something actually inboxes (unlikely) or enough shows up in the log itself. In the meantime, https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html

glancing at the #spamd log I see attempts like

Sep 15 14:53:06 skapet spamd[85002]: (GREY) 103.120.44.85: <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>
Sep 15 14:53:06 skapet spamd[70382]: Trapping 103.120.44.85 for tuple 103.120.44.85 [103.120.44.85] <[email protected]> <[email protected]>

I suspect another #wankstortion campaign but won't know for sure until something actually inboxes (unlikely) or enough shows up in the log itself. In the meantime, https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html

And oh, this morning saw another addition to the wankstortion archives - this https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html from 2022 is my last sigh/gasp #wankstortion #sextortion #cybercrime #scams #spam #email (archive: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/)

And oh, this morning saw another addition to the wankstortion archives - this https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html from 2022 is my last sigh/gasp #wankstortion #sextortion #cybercrime #scams #spam #email (archive: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/)

Reminder of a problem that should not exist, last night the #wankstortion archive https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/ got a full message from a new campaign, showing what swelled the number of trapped hosts over the last few days.

Expect more silliness along the lines of "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" to hit your users again and again. https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html #cybercrime #sextortion #scams #cryptocurrency #cryptotulips #bitcoin #bitcon

Reminder of a problem that should not exist, last night the #wankstortion archive https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/ got a full message from a new campaign, showing what swelled the number of trapped hosts over the last few days.

Expect more silliness along the lines of "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" to hit your users again and again. https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html #cybercrime #sextortion #scams #cryptocurrency #cryptotulips #bitcoin #bitcon

Reminder of a problem that should not exist, last night the #wankstortion archive https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/ got a full message from a new campaign, showing what swelled the number of trapped hosts over the last few days.

Expect more silliness along the lines of "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" to hit your users again and again. https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html #cybercrime #sextortion #scams #cryptocurrency #cryptotulips #bitcoin #bitcon

Reminder of a problem that should not exist, last night the #wankstortion archive https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/ got a full message from a new campaign, showing what swelled the number of trapped hosts over the last few days.

Expect more silliness along the lines of "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" to hit your users again and again. https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html #cybercrime #sextortion #scams #cryptocurrency #cryptotulips #bitcoin #bitcon

Reminder of a problem that should not exist, last night the #wankstortion archive https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/ got a full message from a new campaign, showing what swelled the number of trapped hosts over the last few days.

Expect more silliness along the lines of "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" to hit your users again and again. https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html #cybercrime #sextortion #scams #cryptocurrency #cryptotulips #bitcoin #bitcon

The slime also evolves, apparently. Today https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/[email protected][email protected] (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/[email protected][email protected]_original_base64.txt) inboxed, as far as I can recall the first #wankstortion message received here over #IPv6 (and likely inboxed for that reason, bypassing the IPv4 only #spamd).

See "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html and links therein for some background #cybercrime #scams #sextortion #bitcon #bitcoin #cryptotulips #cryptocurrency #extortion #teksavvy

The slime also evolves, apparently. Today https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/[email protected][email protected] (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/[email protected][email protected]_original_base64.txt) inboxed, as far as I can recall the first #wankstortion message received here over #IPv6 (and likely inboxed for that reason, bypassing the IPv4 only #spamd).

See "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html and links therein for some background #cybercrime #scams #sextortion #bitcon #bitcoin #cryptotulips #cryptocurrency #extortion #teksavvy

The slime also evolves, apparently. Today https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/[email protected][email protected] (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/[email protected][email protected]_original_base64.txt) inboxed, as far as I can recall the first #wankstortion message received here over #IPv6 (and likely inboxed for that reason, bypassing the IPv4 only #spamd).

See "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html and links therein for some background #cybercrime #scams #sextortion #bitcon #bitcoin #cryptotulips #cryptocurrency #extortion #teksavvy

The slime also evolves, apparently. Today https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/[email protected][email protected] (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/[email protected][email protected]_original_base64.txt) inboxed, as far as I can recall the first #wankstortion message received here over #IPv6 (and likely inboxed for that reason, bypassing the IPv4 only #spamd).

See "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html and links therein for some background #cybercrime #scams #sextortion #bitcon #bitcoin #cryptotulips #cryptocurrency #extortion #teksavvy

The slime also evolves, apparently. Today https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/[email protected][email protected] (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/[email protected][email protected]_original_base64.txt) inboxed, as far as I can recall the first #wankstortion message received here over #IPv6 (and likely inboxed for that reason, bypassing the IPv4 only #spamd).

See "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html and links therein for some background #cybercrime #scams #sextortion #bitcon #bitcoin #cryptotulips #cryptocurrency #extortion #teksavvy

Looking for something else entirely I notice there is a #wankstortion campaign in progress (~600 hosts) targeting (of course) the imaginary friends aka spamtraps, again.

Is that even worth reporting on in more detail these days?

(data accumulating in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/ as usual, previous reported in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html, MO repeating)

#cybercrime

Looking for something else entirely I notice there is a #wankstortion campaign in progress (~600 hosts) targeting (of course) the imaginary friends aka spamtraps, again.

Is that even worth reporting on in more detail these days?

(data accumulating in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/ as usual, previous reported in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html, MO repeating)

#cybercrime

Oh, the "professional hacker" claims to have incriminating evidence on a mail alias' activities - https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20250304_posing_as_owner-editors_170.233.34.226_editors@undeadly.org.txt - if anyone else has had something like this inbox, please point them at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html #spam #scams #sextortion #wankstortion #cybercrime

Oh, the "professional hacker" claims to have incriminating evidence on a mail alias' activities - https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20250304_posing_as_owner-editors_170.233.34.226_editors@undeadly.org.txt - if anyone else has had something like this inbox, please point them at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html #spam #scams #sextortion #wankstortion #cybercrime

This morning had me notice a new episode of the type described in "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html (or prettified, tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html), the first in quite a while, I might add.

Data so far to be perused at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20241009/ (now refreshed & gzipped).

#spam #scams #wankstortion #sextortion #cybercrime #imaginaryfriends #spamtraps

This morning had me notice a new episode of the type described in "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html (or prettified, tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html), the first in quite a while, I might add.

Data so far to be perused at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20241009/ (now refreshed & gzipped).

#spam #scams #wankstortion #sextortion #cybercrime #imaginaryfriends #spamtraps

I thought #wankstortion had gone out of style, but one inboxed here today, likely because the sending system was in the #lyse #altibox IP range like our house systems are. Added to the archive https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/ (also linked from this piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html or with G's trackers https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html) #bitcon #bitcoin #scams #spam #cryptocurrency #cryptoscam

I thought #wankstortion had gone out of style, but one inboxed here today, likely because the sending system was in the #lyse #altibox IP range like our house systems are. Added to the archive https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/ (also linked from this piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html or with G's trackers https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html) #bitcon #bitcoin #scams #spam #cryptocurrency #cryptoscam

I take this https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20240502_likely_wankstortion_bounce_systemadministrator_at_193.248.136.91_posing_as_bsdly@[email protected] as a sign another misdirected #wankstortion campaign is in progress (cf https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html) #sextortion #spam #scam #bitcoin #bitcon

I take this https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20240502_likely_wankstortion_bounce_systemadministrator_at_193.248.136.91_posing_as_bsdly@[email protected] as a sign another misdirected #wankstortion campaign is in progress (cf https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html) #sextortion #spam #scam #bitcoin #bitcon

OOH, a new #wankstortion variety just managed to inbox here - https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20240327_for_your_own_safety_i_highly_recomment_reading_this_mail.txt - for more on this *strange* phenomenon, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html or with trackers https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html (and links therein) #sextortion #blackmail #cybercrime #scams #security

OOH, a new #wankstortion variety just managed to inbox here - https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20240327_for_your_own_safety_i_highly_recomment_reading_this_mail.txt - for more on this *strange* phenomenon, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html or with trackers https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html (and links therein) #sextortion #blackmail #cybercrime #scams #security

A post in my linkedin feed reminded me that when I first wrote about #wankstortion (aka #sextortion) spam back in 2019, it was a well-known and well-explored problem and we had quickly concluded that the only thing those jokers had was a list of mail addresses. And of course that list had a goodly chunk of my #spamtraps in it.

For some reason, these campaigns keep turning up. My 2022 piece https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html (or with trackers https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html) has links to the older story too.

A post in my linkedin feed reminded me that when I first wrote about #wankstortion (aka #sextortion) spam back in 2019, it was a well-known and well-explored problem and we had quickly concluded that the only thing those jokers had was a list of mail addresses. And of course that list had a goodly chunk of my #spamtraps in it.

For some reason, these campaigns keep turning up. My 2022 piece https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html (or with trackers https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html) has links to the older story too.

I just noticed

40.83.2.68 - - [05/Aug/2023:12:27:44 +0200] "GET /~peter/wankstortion/20210106_wankstortion_message73e86b03477f2%40hireassociation.co.uk_i_recorded_you_bsdly%40bsdly.net.txt HTTP/1.1" 200 6746 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; GPTBot/1.0; +https://openai.com/gptbot)"

- will we see "convincing" #wankstortion coming out of #openai #gptbot? (background - https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html trackerless https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html) #sextortion #scams #spam

I just noticed

40.83.2.68 - - [05/Aug/2023:12:27:44 +0200] "GET /~peter/wankstortion/20210106_wankstortion_message73e86b03477f2%40hireassociation.co.uk_i_recorded_you_bsdly%40bsdly.net.txt HTTP/1.1" 200 6746 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; GPTBot/1.0; +https://openai.com/gptbot)"

- will we see "convincing" #wankstortion coming out of #openai #gptbot? (background - https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html trackerless https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html) #sextortion #scams #spam

The number of trapped hosts swelled rather suddenly yesterday and it appears to be at least three separate campaigns targeting our imaginary friends much like https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html (or trackerless https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html).

My question is, would it be worth the time to extract and publish the data? #spam #sextortion #wankstortion #scams #cybercrime

The number of trapped hosts swelled rather suddenly yesterday and it appears to be at least three separate campaigns targeting our imaginary friends much like https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html (or trackerless https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html).

My question is, would it be worth the time to extract and publish the data? #spam #sextortion #wankstortion #scams #cybercrime

Even mindless scams evolve.

For the first time since january a #wankstortion spam inboxed, wankstortion/20230312_settle_your_debt_peter\@bsdly.net.txt and was added to the archive.

This time they reference a CVE for the oddest reason.

Anyway for the general case my previous writeup https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html still applies (https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html or https://medium.com/coinmonks/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail-campaign-targeting-imaginary-friends-9a75952096a4 for nicer format but trackers).

Even mindless scams evolve.

For the first time since january a #wankstortion spam inboxed, wankstortion/20230312_settle_your_debt_peter\@bsdly.net.txt and was added to the archive.

This time they reference a CVE for the oddest reason.

Anyway for the general case my previous writeup https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html still applies (https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html or https://medium.com/coinmonks/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail-campaign-targeting-imaginary-friends-9a75952096a4 for nicer format but trackers).

The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting … Imaginary Friends? https://link.medium.com/eBe2bHaP9vb #wankstortion #extortion #sextortion #cybercrime #blackmail #OpenBSD #spamd #scams #greytrapping #fraud #spamtraps #spam #bitcoin

The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting … Imaginary Friends? https://link.medium.com/eBe2bHaP9vb #wankstortion #extortion #sextortion #cybercrime #blackmail #OpenBSD #spamd #scams #greytrapping #fraud #spamtraps #spam #bitcoin

That grumpy BSD guy: The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?

https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html

or with trackers https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html

#wankstortion #extortion #sextortion #cybercrime #blackmail #OpenBSD #spamd #onlinescams #greytrapping #fraud #spamtraps #spam #bitcoin #security

My last ever piece about this silliness, I sincerely hope.

That grumpy BSD guy: The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?

https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html

or with trackers https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html

#wankstortion #extortion #sextortion #cybercrime #blackmail #OpenBSD #spamd #onlinescams #greytrapping #fraud #spamtraps #spam #bitcoin #security

My last ever piece about this silliness, I sincerely hope.

Yet another #wankstortion scam campaign, one that actually managed to inbox here. Should I bother to update that article yet again?

Yet another #wankstortion scam campaign, one that actually managed to inbox here. Should I bother to update that article yet again?

You can read more about this of course at https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-things-spammers-believe-tale-of.html or trackerless at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html #spam #wankstortion #spamware #cybercrime

You can read more about this of course at https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-things-spammers-believe-tale-of.html or trackerless at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html #spam #wankstortion #spamware #cybercrime

That grumpy BSD guy: The 'sextortion' Scams: The Numbers Show That What We Have Is A Failure Of Education https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-sextortion-scams-numbers-show-that.html or trackerless https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_numbers_show_we_have_a_failure.html My 2020 piece, updated with data on several newer campaigns including the ongoing one. #sextortion #cybercrime #spam #bitcoin #bitcon #wankstortion

That grumpy BSD guy: The 'sextortion' Scams: The Numbers Show That What We Have Is A Failure Of Education https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-sextortion-scams-numbers-show-that.html or trackerless https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_numbers_show_we_have_a_failure.html My 2020 piece, updated with data on several newer campaigns including the ongoing one. #sextortion #cybercrime #spam #bitcoin #bitcon #wankstortion

At the moment at least 170 hosts have been identified as sending dirty video extortion mail (aimed at my spamtraps), see the newest files in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/ for more detail. Might blog later, see https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-sextortion-scams-numbers-show-that.html or https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_numbers_show_we_have_a_failure.html (trackerless) about earlier attempts #sextortion #wankstortion #cybercrime #spam #scam #extortion

At the moment at least 170 hosts have been identified as sending dirty video extortion mail (aimed at my spamtraps), see the newest files in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/ for more detail. Might blog later, see https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-sextortion-scams-numbers-show-that.html or https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_numbers_show_we_have_a_failure.html (trackerless) about earlier attempts #sextortion #wankstortion #cybercrime #spam #scam #extortion

A new w**kstortion campaign is making the news again here (.no).

For that reason I guess a repeat of this is in order:

The 'sextortion' Scams: The Numbers Show That What We Have Is A Failure Of Education https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-sextortion-scams-numbers-show-that.html #scam #spam #sextortion #wankstortion