I remember one of those malware scams that install a program that ran full screen on your PC, took a pic of you with your webcam then claim it found CP on your PC with FBI logos and shit. Then asked for gift cards to "drop the investigation"
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I love reading those in my camera-less PC.
I used to work at a PC repair shop. It was always a laugh when a parent brought one in with a teenage boy in the webcam shot.
"Ma'am. Your son probably didn't download CP. This is just a scsre tactic scam to try and get money from you. Do you think the FBI would drop an investigation for some gift cards from Walmart?"
Live your life in such a way that if the worst shit you do gets leaked, everyone in your life's response will be:
"hahaha... yeah... that's classic him/her."
The implication is it's nudes or a sex tape. Something private, not shameful.
Man I've been a fat lesbian my whole life, ain't no fucking way anybody is going to take nude pics of me hell I don't even want clothing pics of me. Now I'm an old married fat lesbian, sure the fuck am not going to start taking nudes at this point
nice username
Have you never heard of rule 34?
😂
Speaking just for myself, if someone wants to beat it to my freaky naked ass, I'd be flattered.
I guess even in the case that that would bother me, we live in an era where anybody with any photo of anybody can produce hours of AI generated fakes anyway.
I come down firmly on the "The people who matter don't care and the people who care don't matter" side of this.
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The KGB considered french diplomats immune to blackmail due to how widespread cheating is. When they approached them, the diplomat would ask for a copy the tape so they could show off how hot their hookup was.
True story ? pretty cool
Very widespread story. As to the truth of it, who really knows?
Considering how the French seem to like portraying themselves, it's probably at least partially true.
Entirely possible. It was certainly way, way more socially acceptable in France than in the US.
acting like my body is a crime scene instead of a work of art
Why not both?
An art crime?
The best kind of art
My favorite is the one when they text me that they hacked my phone and took video of me masturbating while watching porn. I'm like "homie, knowing that you're watching makes it so much hotter".
"Give me $7000 in bitcoin or I will send the video to your loved ones." Uh, joke's on you motherfucker.
That's when you go all technology noob on them and ask them to guide you how to pay them.
A Kitboga classic
That would be kind of funny if it worked. "I'll give you the $7000, but to do it I'll need you to set up an Amazon gift card in my name with $100 in it."
I had a spam email this morming that started out something like "Greetings Sinner"
And I was just like, damn right, then deleted it.
My fav is to reply with memes, like this (I know you aren't supposed to, since they'll know your account is active):
What an opener, I'm going to use that one. Thanks, sinner
The #1 tennis player in the world's name is Yanik Sinner. What a bad ass family name.
"Oh no! Not the thing with the garden hose and the lion I hope?!"
"Do it, I have a humiliation fetish, make me cum daddy 🤤😤🥺"
Scammers are never prepared for that one. I do this to those spam emails that say "I'VE HACKED YOUR COMPUTER, PAY ME BITCOIN OR I RELEASE WEBCAM VIDEOS"
so far I've yet to have one call my bluff after I've called theirs.
Crazy how so many people seem to ha e Webcam videos of me despite me not having a Webcam.
When did they sneak into my bedroom???
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If you reply to a spam message then the spammer will know that they have a valid address.
I have gotten fewer spam messages when I respond with other spam messages I have received. They think they got another spam number and remove it. If its a call, sometimes Ill answer, and mute the line so they cannot hear anything. I just wait it out, I don't get repeat calls after a few of those. if the person setting up the call system is caused any form of financial damage or risk for me tying up their lines, and costing them both literal money per minute as well as missed opportunity to scam some old person, I don't mind doing a little here and there. As a treat.
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The exhibitionist in me would get my clue so hard knowing I got leaked
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no posts or links in profile
Aww, tease :(
If you get blackmailed and the leverage is based on information, never comply because you can't trust the blackmailer to destroy the leverage or not leak it. Otherwise they can blackmail you over and over.
If you get blackmailed with anything, go to the police. Blackmail is extremely illegal.
The police are not your friends. Think of them like HR for society. 😅
If only the cops were trustworthy...
And only if the blackmailer is in a jurisdiction that gives a fuck.
Mfer if you have the videos you'd know that's not leaking that's pee. Gallons and gallons of pee.
I took those photos back when I looked hot, please do leak them. I want people to think I still look like that.
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