Patreon Blackmail Scam
Added 2015-11-22 06:51:30 +0000 UTCSo apparently there's a scam about the hack from a couple of months back. Someone is claiming to have a bunch of information from those who's email addresses and stuff were taken in the hack. According to the guy that runs Patreon, this is a scam and bullshit.
Again, if you want to support me but don't want to use Patreon anymore, Paypal does offer subscriptions. My paypal email address is jakkal@gmail.com
Here's the CEO's message, which you probably got in email:
I learned yesterday evening that some Patreon users have been receiving
a scam email. The sender claims to have the recipient’s SSN,
credit card number and other personal information. I want to assure
everyone that the claims in this email are false, and we are already
working with federal law enforcement. Do not reply to the email—it
is a scam. The tax forms we store are securely encrypted with RSA
2048-bit encryption, and we do not store full credit card numbers.
If you receive this email I suggest you flag it as spam and ignore any
further emails. Do not reply.
Thanks.
Jack Conte, CEO/Co-founder, Patreon
There's also some info about it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/3773534?utm_content=buffer77fec&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Comments
Never got this email
Pheagle
2015-11-22 12:48:05 +0000 UTCDerivative. The original was clever, but it hardly applies in this medium. And anyone can fact check this one, while the other was confirmed viable -- though unlikely they'd follow through. <a href="http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/09/06/ashley-madison-blackmail-for-bitcoin-scam-reaping-profits-for-extortionists/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/09/06/ashley-madison-blackmail-for-bitcoin-scam-reaping-profits-for-extortionists/</a> Oh hey, that one even says they got almost USD$16k out of it. I figured he'd get more. Means this Patreon scam is likely to yield way less. Hardly worth the effort.
Stickman
2015-11-22 07:51:43 +0000 UTC
