Low paydays in the first trimester of the year have prompted scammers in the sextortion email business to switch to new tricks to restore the revenue stream of the not too distant past. Between August 30 and October 5 last year, operators of the ‘Aaron Smith’ sextortion email campaigns made almost 150,000 in bitcoin (~23 BTC) from victims. Since the beginning of 2019, profits decreased to about $17,000 (~3.5 BTC).
Source: Bleeping Computer
