Don’t get duped: Hackers use legitimate Microsoft email address to run sextortion email scam

The Microsoft 365 Admin Portal is reportedly being used to send sextortion emails to users claiming that their smartphone, tablet or PC was hacked to capture images or videos of them performing sexual acts.

Despite being old, sextortion email scams are more common than you think, but most of these emails end up in spam. In the last few years, scammers have improvised on the original idea. In some cases, these scammers may pretend to have pictures or videos of your spouse cheating or pictures of you in your home. To give you a quick recap, these scams first appeared around 2018 and raked in anywhere between $500 to $5000 from unsuspecting individuals.