Hello!
Although I am not someone important and much less have a lot of money, I think I was infected by Pegasus. I say this because there were three coincidences related to my credit card and an email message. The first was that after making half a dozen low-value purchases and the last one I made, my credit card was blocked by the banking services, but with a phone call they unblocked the card, which was then blocked again in a payment transaction for services using a bank reference. I called again and they unblocked the card again. Until now I was more or less at ease, except for an unverified email message sent by⊠me! The message was a warning, referring to me having been hacked through Pegasus. The threat (here the veracity of this message is a little doubtful butâŠ) was the publication of some obscene videos about me if I did not make a payment of a certain amount. The problem is that, besides not having a camera on my devices, I also donât have any videos of that kind, including on my PC. To add to the concern, on the same day there was a failure on my PC, it turned off without any warning and I was momentarily without internet.
Can anyone help me with this question, whether I am infected or not?
Sounds like a scam to me.
I would guess that you are not infected but are being told you are.and the rest is coincidental.
Pervert Scam Email Pegasus
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/pervert-scam-email-pegasus/96b0aa3d-6313-4233-8a14-18dc133cc2ae
The Truth Behind the âHave You Heard About Pegasus?â Email Scam
https://malwaretips.com/blogs/have-you-heard-about-pegasus-blackmail-email-scam/
Exposing the âI Want to Inform You About a Very Bad Situationâ Email Scam
https://malwaretips.com/blogs/i-want-to-inform-you-about-a-very-bad-situation-email-scam/
When you contacted your credit card company, did they explain why the card had been blocked? This would have nothing to do with the scammerâs email, unless you had clicked on anything in that email.
I thought the same thing but I tried to change my email password and I couldnât.
Yes, thatâs exactly the message, it doesnât have any links but a command line that is probably meant to be copied. I canât report it because the message is sent from my own email address. Iâve already run Nortonâs most aggressive scan and it didnât find anything. The truth is, I couldnât change my email password.
In any case, I find it a bit dubious that someone would pay a few thousand euros for an application (Pegasus) to try to access someone who doesnât have a penny.
They didnât tell me the reason why it was blocked because itâs the system itself that blocks it for a dubious transaction but in reality it was me trying to pay for a purchase of âŹ1.38 :-)))
I hope so, but there were some coincidences, there was even the message that was sent on the same day.
But how does a message like this appear to be sent by me? Itâs because someone has access to my email account, right?
Spammers and scammers know how to spoof the senderâs email address. Same as I sometimes see a phone call with the callerâs ID showing my phone number. As long as you donât click anything you can just delete any email that appears to come from you.
In any case, whether it is a supposed attack on my privacy or not, I have already changed the password for my email address. Thank you all!
Until now I was more or less at ease, except for an unverified email message sent by⊠me! The message was a warning, referring to me having been hacked through Pegasus.
Sounds like one of many scam emails that are doing the rounds to scare you, and with your credit card problems you fit the type of user they hope to snare.
The porn video email is definitely a scam and well documented on the web.
Of course it could only be, I donât have that type of videos or cameras on my computer and I donât click on messages or links that I donât know about and my Norton is always up to date with daily maintenance. I was just a little confused by some coincidences and how someone sends a message from my own mail, but because of doubts I have already changed the mail password.
It is not difficult to âspoofâ the sending email address, I get them all the time in my business email account.
Hmm⊠I didnât know it was so easy. I care more about defending my computer and knowing how to do that than using malicious programs and related things.