In the next 5:43, let's talk about phishing scams and ways scammers try to get you to pay bitcoin, cash or gift cards over to their digital wallets. Usually our anti-virus catches those, however, this new scam that is going around is making it through the SPAM filters and the anti-virus and landing in our email inbox. Many people have been caught and scammed by this caught you bitcoin email scam and are paying over large sums of money. Here is how you check if you have been caught and if your email and password have been leaked and hacked in the latest Collection #1 data breach!
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Why does this work?
There are several factors that make this scam work:

The email is sent from your own email address. This is used as "proof" that they hacked your account. In reality, this very simple to do and required zero hacking skills.
They show you a password. In my case, I have no idea where they got that password from as it was never my password. However, there are literally millions of emails addresses and passwords available for sale and since most people don't change their passwords often, this is a good scare.
They go into some technical jargon of how they have malware or trojan or virus (or all three) on your computer/ router so even if you change the password now they will still get the new one. While there is some truth to that in technical terms, the odds of this actually happening are slim.
The blackmail/ shame technique has been used forever. They assume that you have been watching some online adult sites and since your laptop has a front facing camera, they simply merge the two together and claim to have "dirt" on you. RAT is a thing - this is where someone can remotely activate your computer's camera. So technically this could be done, but in this scam, the odds are slim.
The payment amount varies from email to email. I have had it as low as $200 and as high as $1000. Usually, the price is around $700 for their silence and the fact that you need to be pay within 48 hours, causes a time pressure to make a decision to pay or not.
They use bitcoin and are smart not to link to how to make a bitcoin payment, but they tell you to look it up yourself. So not only there isn't a link to trigger the anti-spam, but once you are actively searching for "how to make a bitcoin payment" you are already convincing yourself that you need to pay.

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