Remove “I’m a programmer who cracked your email” Scam

Tsetso Mihailov

Tsetso Mihailov is a tech-geek and loves everything that is tech-related, while observing the latest news surrounding technologies. He has worked in IT before, as a system administrator and a computer repair technician. Dealing with malware since his teens, he is determined to spread word about the latest threats revolving around computer security.

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The “I’m a programmer who cracked your email” scam has been circling the Internet these past few days, trying to scare people that their e-mail account got breached and that its password is now in the hands of experienced hackers. People receiving the message are demanded to pay a ransom fee in Bitcoin (the sum varying around 870 US dollars). Do not pay the money in any case as that will not help you. Read on what you must do in case you are truly breached, but keep in mind that in most cases this is a total scam.

Threat Summary

Name	I'm a programmer who cracked your email Scam
Type	Email Scam Message
Short Description	A scam that tries to scare you into paying a ransom fee for a supposed breach of your email account credentials.
Symptoms	You receive an email message that tries to trick you into thinking that your email account got compromised, plus that your password is leaked and exposed to hackers.
Distribution Method	Email Spam Messages, Suspicious Sites
Detection Tool	See If Your System Has Been Affected by I'm a programmer who cracked your email Scam Download Malware Removal Tool
User Experience	Join Our Forum to Discuss I'm a programmer who cracked your email Scam.

“I’m a programmer who cracked your email” Scam – Distribution Techniques

The “I’m a programmer who cracked your email” scam is mainly distributed through e-mail messages that may even be filtered as spam by email providers by now. It could also be using targeted attacks to aim for a bigger payout by companies or rich people. Different distribution tactics may exist, too. For instance, there are mentions of the “I’m a programmer who cracked your email” scam over Facebook, and the scareware tactics and doxing may be successful there, just as well.

In case your computer was truly compromised, a payload file that downloads a Trojan horse or some kind of a RAT may have been trigerred by a malicious website or redirect.

Freeware which is found on the Web can be presented as helpful also be hiding the malicious script for the scam message to appear. Refrain from opening files right after you have downloaded them. You should first scan them with a security tool, while also checking their size and signatures for anything that seems out of the ordinary. You should read the tips for preventing ransomware located at the corresponding forum thread.

“I’m a programmer who cracked your email” Scam – Information

The “I’m a programmer who cracked your email” scam is a hot topic all over the Internet, be it news websites or social networks such as Facebook. The message is sent over email and is a scareware tye that relies on social engineering. The extortionists want you to pay them for a supposed security breach that supposedly landed them your email account password.

The email message looks like the following:

The full scam message reads:

Subject: email is compromised. Password must be changed

Hello!

I’m a programmer who cracked your email account and device about half year ago.
You entered a password on one of the insecure site you visited, and I catched it.

Of course you can will change your password, or already made it.
But it doesn’t matter, my rat software update it every time.

Please don’t try to contact me or find me, it is impossible, since I sent you an email from your email account.

Through your e-mail, I uploaded malicious code to your Operation System.
I saved all of your contacts with friends, colleagues, relatives and a complete history of visits to the Internet resources.
Also I installed a rat software on your device and long tome spying for you.

You are not my only victim, I usually lock devices and ask for a ransom.
But I was struck by the sites of intimate content that you very often visit.

I am in shock of your reach fantasies! Wow! I’ve never seen anything like this!
I did not even know that SUCH content could be so exciting!

So, when you had fun on intime sites (you know what I mean!)
I made screenshot with using my program from your camera of yours device.
After that, I jointed them to the content of the currently viewed site.

Will be funny when I send these photos to your contacts! And if your relatives see it?
BUT I’m sure you don’t want it. I definitely would not want to …
I will not do this if you pay me a little amount.
I think $870 is a nice price for it!

I accept only Bitcoins.
My BTC wallet: 17XHRucfd4kx3W5ty7ySLGiKHqmPUUdpus

If you have difficulty with this – Ask Google “how to make a payment on a bitcoin wallet”. It’s easy.
After receiving the above amount, all your data will be immediately removed automatically.
My virus will also will be destroy itself from your operating system.
My Trojan have auto alert, after this email is looked, I will be know it!
You have 2 days (48 hours) for make a payment.
If this does not happen – all your contacts will get crazy shots with your dirty life!
And so that you do not obstruct me, your device will be locked (also after 48 hours)
Do not take this frivolously! This is the last warning!
Various security services or antiviruses won’t help you for sure (I have already collected all your data).
Here are the recommendations of a professional:
Antiviruses do not help against modern malicious code. Just do not enter your passwords on unsafe sites!
I hope you will be prudent.
Bye.

Other versions may be prevalent on the web with a text stating “Email is compromised. Password must be changed“.

In fact there is also another version which is written by somebody with greater imagination that has bigger claims that all accounts you have are hacked. You can see the contents of that email below:

Subject: [user’s email address] was hacked

Hello [user’s email address]

My nickname in darknet is bruis09 (could be “higgins12”, “kippar74”, “keir43”, “des53”, “DmG_HacKeR666”, etc.).
I’ll begin by saying that I hacked this mailbox (please look on ‘from’ in your header) more than six months ago,
through it I infected your operating system with a virus (trojan) created by me and have been monitoring you for a long time.

Even if you changed the password after that – it does not matter, my virus intercepted all the caching data on your computer
and automatically saved access for me.

I have access to all your accounts, social networks, email, browsing history.
Accordingly, I have the data of all your contacts, files from your computer, photos and videos.

I was most struck by the intimate content sites that you occasionally visit.
You have a very wild imagination, I tell you!

During your pastime and entertainment there, I took screenshot through the camera of your device, synchronizing with what you are watching.
Oh my god! You are so funny and excited!

I think that you do not want all your contacts to get these files, right?
If you are of the same opinion, then I think that $500 is quite a fair price to destroy the dirt I created.

Send the above amount on my bitcoin wallet: 1MN7A7QqQaAVoxV4zdjdrnEHXmjhzcQ4Bq (could be 1NXNt72qfMhPZDffUEqryCYpEUzyR6LmgH, 1EZS92K4xJbymDLwG4F7PNF5idPE62e9XY or any other bitcoin waller address)
As soon as the above amount is received, I guarantee that the data will be deleted, I do not need it.

Otherwise, these files and history of visiting sites will get all your contacts from your device.
Also, I’ll send to everyone your contact access to your email and access logs, I have carefully saved it!

Since reading this letter you have 48 hours!
After your reading this message, I’ll receive an automatic notification that you have seen the letter.

I hope I taught you a good lesson.
Do not be so nonchalant, please visit only to proven resources, and don’t enter your passwords anywhere!
Good luck!

There are a number of possibilities, but in most cases this is an absolute scam. You should ignore it. Do not reply to it. Do not pay the cybercriminals behind it. Change your email password, but first make sure your computer is clean from viruses. Also, check if you are changing it from the real URL address of your email provider and not a phishing page.

The list below consists of Bitcoin addresses which are given by the criminals for paying the ransom. The scam may have different names dubbed on these Bitcoin addresses as you can see below:

• 17XHRucfd4kx3W5ty7ySLGiKHqmPUUdpus Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1MD5rcJhECdDM1AGvdgstj6RrtbhBsE1e7 Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1BncH5WxBSYJ6mmcJC9bCRxQ6Z1evvtRxk Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1PL9ewB1y3iC7EyuePDoPxJjwC4CgAvWTo Bitcoin Email Scam
• 17vzpL7n29egdeJF1hvUE4tKV81MqsW4wF Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1FF2wjexfHHiiuWwaA6dSEeA4WzAb4ezjU Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1DVU5Q2HQ4srFNSSaWBrVNMtL4pvBkfP5w Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1GcwYRfWesiSe2fBmsVSpNG2K11zDMhksG Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1Abx4ytuJ2Mb5HtuCpbUuUuJ1q8cdrXXYT Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1PL9ewB1y3iC7EyuePDoPxJjwC4CgAvWTo Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1pfbxcjkgntzc7yfthhhtpnzyiwqeuqamu Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1EcBg6WyjGtRxTxtfCQfEZTAtPwaVVa2wZ Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1JTtwbvmM7ymByxPYCByVYCwasjH49J3Vj Bitcoin Email Scam
• 17XHRucfd4kx3W5ty7ySLGiKHqmPUUdpus Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1MAM6oPcycTrfiLPS9tjtAR8t6KDmL91fr Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1YnYAxprVrTo1WzPPzMo86ste5Ssp4xsy Bitcoin Email Scam
• 16LU6SwUDdLsAy7XXHSMg7BRbA1kfDoBnZ Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1AzdzwWHaJXytimxenzi45JVtY4FsXwLZZ Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1nxnt72qfmhpzdffueqrycypeuzyr6lmgh Bitcoin Email Scam
• 135qVXXBZb3v2tQcLJRA8UAndiUYNybh3J Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1FHPbKHcSx9CaXJzDpLoXG733ipQ77UNx9 Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1EVTLp9Xo73j8TzVCpgwC7q2SX81dE5nMB Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1DBMVxzSPZ95FDyZfopwHgxncFEsp89uuS Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1D1DZAac5chXcvULdRAk8nbxB5HWWbffwc Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1BARBfTXdwaRenZjcG8t2LAsbQm6abfw13 Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1KGjDZ7RFV39r2q1JeSpZAF5L3fnpuenmT Bitcoin Email Scam
• 19D67Tgb3neJiTHd8pZDEBYmUn2qSjxEeB Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1MN7A7QqQaAVoxV4zdjdrnEHXmjhzcQ4Bq Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1BzkoGfrLtL59ZGjhKfvBwy47DEb6oba5f Bitcoin Email Scam
• 1HQ7wGdA5G9qUtM8jyDt5obDv1x3vEvjCy Bitcoin Email Scam

You are demanded to pay “870 US dollars” to allegedly not spread your personal pictures and files to family and friends. However, you should NOT under any circumstances pay any ransom sum. No guarantee exists that your “data” is not going to be leaked even if you pay. This is known as doxing – an extortion involving the threat of releasing personal information, photos or videos which might be embarassing or otherwise unwanted by the person being extorted. Adding to all of this, giving money to cybercriminals will most likely motivate them to create more ransomware scams, “viruses” or commit different criminal activities. That may even result to the criminals wanting more money after payment.

Be sure that even if your password got leaked from an older password breach database. If you have any accounts still using that password, be certain to change them and make sure you use a different password for each account. If you can, enable two-factor authentication on the accounts. Stay safe and ever vigilant.

Remove “I’m a programmer who cracked your email” Scam

To remove the I’m a programmer who cracked your email scam you should simply delete the email message. However, if you are truly breached and you recognize any of the listed passwords, you should see the step-by-step removal instructions provided below. In case you can not get rid of files related to the scam or find out other malicious ones, you should search for and remove any leftover malware pieces with an advanced anti-malware tool. Software like that will keep your system secure in the future.

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To remove I'm a programmer who cracked your email Scam follow these steps:

1. Uninstall malicious programs from Windows

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Here is a method in few easy steps that should be able to uninstall most programs. No matter if you are using Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program are left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, errors with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:

Hold the Windows Logo Button and “R” on your keyboard. A Pop-up window will appear (fig.1).

In the field type in “appwiz.cpl” and press ENTER (fig.2).

This will open a window with all the programs installed on the PC.
Select the program that you want to remove, and press “Uninstall” (fig.3).

Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall most programs.

2. Clean your Browser and Registry from I'm a programmer who cracked your email Scam

Remove I'm a programmer who cracked your email Scam by cleaning your Browser and Registry.

Remove an extension from Mozilla FirefoxRemove an extension from Google Chrome Remove an extension from Internet Explorer Remove an extension from Microsoft Edge Fix registry entries created by I'm a programmer who cracked your email Scam on your PC.

Start Mozilla Firefox. Open the menu window

Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu.

Select the unwanted extension and click “Remove“

After the extension is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” button at the top right corner and start it again.

Start Google Chrome and open the drop menu

Move the cursor over “Tools” and then from the extended menu choose “Extensions“

From the opened “Extensions” menu locate the unwanted extension and click on its “Remove” button.

After the extension is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red “X” button at the top right corner and start it again.

Start Internet Explorer:

Click on the gear icon labeled ‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and select ‘Manage Add-ons’

In the ‘Manage Add-ons’ window.

Select the extension you want to remove and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected extension, and some more add-ons might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.

After the unwanted extension has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ button located at the top right corner and start it again.

Start Edge

Open the drop menu by clicking on the icon at the top right corner.

From the drop menu select “Extensions”.

Choose the suspected malicious extension you want to remove and then click on the gear icon.

Remove the malicious extension by scrolling down and then clicking on Uninstall.

Some malicious scripts may modify the registry entries on your computer to change different settings. This is why cleaning your Windows Registry Database is recommended. Since the tutorial on how to do this is a bit long and tampering with registries could damage your computer if not done properly you should refer and follow our instructive article about fixing registry entries, especially if you are unexperienced in that area.

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3. Scan for malware and unwanted programs with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

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Step 2: Guide yourself by the download instructions provided for each browser.

Step 3: After you have installed SpyHunter, wait for it to update automatically.

Step 1: After the update process has finished, click on the ‘Malware/PC Scan’ tab. A new window will appear. Click on ‘Start Scan’.

Step 2: After SpyHunter has finished scanning your PC for any files of the associated threat and found them, you can try to get them removed automatically and permanently by clicking on the ‘Next’ button.

Step 3: If any threats have been removed, it is highly recommended to restart your PC.

Back up your data to secure it against attacks in the future

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Tsetso Mihailov

Tsetso Mihailov is a tech-geek and loves everything that is tech-related, while observing the latest news surrounding technologies. He has worked in IT before, as a system administrator and a computer repair technician. Dealing with malware since his teens, he is determined to spread word about the latest threats revolving around computer security.

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Tsetso Mihailov

Tsetso Mihailov is a tech-geek and loves everything that is tech-related, while observing the latest news surrounding technologies. He has worked in IT before, as a system administrator and a computer repair technician. Dealing with malware since his teens, he is determined to spread word about the latest threats revolving around computer security.

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