Blackmail letter

So I just got a blackmail letter in the mail today from some guy in fucking Slovakia ("one of the main hackers and security researchers at European Cybercrime Centre, working for FBI and Europol") saying basically if I didn't send 500€ worth of bitcoins to this address, LE would come knocking on my door next month. Apparently the deadline for this payment was January 6, but the postage stamp says January 14.

The letter did have my Hydra username on it, but I'm very skeptical about this whole thing. I don't think whoever sent this has the evidence he claims has but either way I've past the deadline so what the fuck, right?

What should I do here? Clean house?


Comments


[3 Points] throwahooawayyfoe:

it's fake. throw it away. do you really think LE is gonna believe some random from slovakia when he says so and so at such and such an address bought drugs online? and even if they do, what are they gonna do about it? there's absolutely no legal proof to back up the claim. and if he gives proof, he's basically admitting that either a) he sold you drugs via the internet, b) he's blackmailing you, or the third option (which is my personal favorite) c) both. if anybody gets in trouble here, it's gonna be him. blackmail is a very serious crime and the trouble he can potentially get in is much worse than anything that can ever happen to you. if i were you, i'd nip this in the bud and go file a police report saying somebody's trying to blackmail you. if they have it on file that you came to them as the victim, they'll see you as such if anything ever happens. nothing may ever come of it, but if something does, you'll be prepared.


[2 Points] throwaway78752:

same here, exact the same letter.

But with my username from Cloud9 (I was not on the hydra) I made there once a mistake (yeah i know it was at the first time :-( . ) and write an address (not mine) without pgp in the message tool from c9


[1 Points] Theeconomist1:

So they had your actual hydra username and tied it to you? Think it's a vendor blackmailing you? Did u ever send your addy unencrypted?


[1 Points] R4ID:

ignore it but i honestly would clean house just to be safe... dont bother paying the bastards, its clearly a vendor... but keep a clean house for the next month or so just to be safe (because u never know maybe he wants to be a dick)


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] nsgiad:

If it looks like blackmail and smell like blackmail then it probably is. If you are feeling really cheeky, contact EC3 and file a report of cybercrime https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/report-cybercrime-online Otherwise just ignor it. Might wanna keep your place clean, but it's highly unlikely anything will come of this.


[0 Points] throwaway90834259283:

Also, supposedly Operation Onymous is supposed to begin anew in February, this time targeting buyers.

Honestly, I'm just finding the whole thing really hard to believe but I'm noided nonetheless.


[-1 Points] anonish9:

Clean house? Nigga you gotta make it shine..