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Patreon Blackmail Scam
🕑 Added 2015-11-22 06:51:30 +0000 UTC So 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
Pheagle
Never got this email
Stickman
Derivative. 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.
