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The message works by claiming to have video footage filmed of people accessing adult websites via their laptop's webcam. One email, seen by Express. You may not know me and you are most likely wondering why you're getting this e mail? According to the team at Symantec, these scams are on the rise with the firm blocking some million emails in the first part of

The latest one doing the rounds looks like this the actual content varies considerably from scam to scam but the basic idea is the same :. Once you were there on the website, my malware took control of your browser. It started operating as a keylogger and remote desktop protocol which gave me access to your webcam. Immediately after that my software collected your complete contacts from your Messenger, FB, and email.