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TBF as the author has pointed out, this particular scam doesn't seem to work at all - he has received multiple different bitcoin addresses to send money to over
by gambiting 2y ago
TBF as the author has pointed out, this particular scam doesn't seem to work at all - he has received multiple different bitcoin addresses to send money to over the years and none of them have ever received any money. So extortion might be difficult to prevent, but this one seems to be relatively benign.
- graemep 1y agoYou need a very low success rate to make spam pay though. If someone does pay $1,200 it covers a lot of emails sent.
- blacksmith_tb 1y agoCertainly true, but the fact that sending spam is cheap doesn't buy the scammers groceries. If they don't squeeze a steady trickle of money out of victims it seems like it would be hard for them to continue.
- Citizen8396 1y agoIt’s also possible the actor is using a unique address per recipient.