Duplicate sextortion emails from fake companies

A reddit report about a phishing scam that cost someone Amount not specified. Learn how to avoid falling victim.

So, just recently, I got an email from "Criteria.com" as well as "Big Eye's Clinic". Both opened with "Hello ********This email was sent from random email to hide my identity.***********" which I immediately found sketchy. In both emails, the sender claimed to have pictures, videos, and actual access to my device and/or devices, threatening to release both pictures and videos if I don't pay them a specific amount in bitcoin. That's another reason I felt both were scams, but I wasn't too keen on just trying to find out. So immediately, that's two red flags, and considering they both opened in the exact same way, how obvious was this scam? I already knew right away they were scams but just wanted to be sure.

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