How a new scam could be using your personal information

Menacing messages demanding money - but the threats aren't the most unsettling part, it's how personal they are. The email includes an image of your home and the warning, "You don't know me, however I know you." Our Kirsten Mitchell shares this scary new scam.

[@user-ey2kw9gj7t]

Thanks for doing. A story on this. This just happened to me yesterday and did make me worry initially. I appreciate you guys putting this information out there.

[@suzibouch-xm9yr]

Oh! The internet is going to make our lives so much easier....
Now nothing is private or safe.

[@JoyOfDoingNothing]

Why would such a youngster (compared to me) open something like this? It's good to let all folks know about this scam, though, and what to do about it, WCCO.

[@myxos]

Did she say have I been "pawned"? Lmao. It's have I been PWNED, like owned.

[@dorenewhitacre1908]

Block them....problem solved.

[@melanieolsen2637]

I’ve received numerous of these, from different addresses. I never opened the PDF, and deleted.

[@MadMikeSportsYT]

It's classic sextortion.