I had heard of this kind of operation before. What I had heard is that the initial series of messages attempt to phish you, but after you ignore them, they try

I had heard of this kind of operation before. What I had heard is that the initial series of messages attempt to phish you, but after you ignore them, they try to intimidate you into giving up the password by sending you threatening messages and maybe even a video MMS of someone showing off a gun.