New Bitcoin Racket Threatens to Use Hitmen on Victims

Threatening people with assassination in a place that offers as much anonymity as the internet does is nothing new, but this time, the extortionist is demanding Bitcoin.

New emails first spotted by BleepingComputer contain a message telling victims to pony up $4,000 in the cryptocurrency. In broken English, the extortionist explains that he runs a website on the dark web that offers services that include assassination, and that the victim was a target for one of his clients.

He then explains that he wants to “offer” the victim the opportunity to end this deal if he receives a $4,000 payment in Bitcoin.

Cryptovest looked at the extortion…

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