Fake Porn Virus Alert Scams Unsuspecting Tasmanian Users of their Bitcoin
The latest Bitcoin scam involves fake porn virus alert that forces victims to buy freely available anti-virus software with Bitcoin. Porn is one of the widely searched content on internet. There are millions of adult websites – and many of them are known to host adware and other malicious codes. Scammers have taken advantage of this fact to convince people into sending them Bitcoin. The widespread scam is currently making rounds in Tasmania. According to news reports, scammers are sending fake pornographic virus alerts to unsuspecting computer users. The fake alert containing a....
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Rural Tasmania has become the unlikely target of a porn scam, defrauding residents by making them pay for normally free antivirus software using Bitcoin. Non-crypto users pay for free software. Police on the island are currently investigating the origins of the operation, which comes in the form of a virus infecting user devices. The news comes against a backdrop of high-profile warnings about the proliferation of ransomware worldwide, particularly via social media and phishing emails. In the Tasmanian stunt, devices show a pornographic pop-up along with a message confirming “infection.”....
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