Deutschland

Phishing – Muss ich mir darüber Sorgen machen?

12.10.2025

Minute-Ingenuity6236 on 12.10.2025 6:02 p.m.

No.
G3sch4n on 12.10.2025 6:04 p.m.

Not sure what you expect from the answers? It looks like a typical fake blackmail attempt that aims to get a victim to panic and pay money, before they comprehend that it is bogus. Flag it as pishing/scam attempt or ignore it.
th3Imgurian on 12.10.2025 6:04 p.m.

Is this still a thing. Nah, no need. You can ignore that.
Electronic-Speech133 on 12.10.2025 6:05 p.m.

No, don’t worry and ignore it
asobihoudai on 12.10.2025 6:06 p.m.

No, anybody can claim to have compromising material on you. If they actually had videos of you, wouldn’t they send them as attachment as proof that they exist
shakazoulu on 12.10.2025 6:07 p.m.

Delete it, it’s just scam.

But you should change your password for the mail account. In fact, check if your password has been compromised (there are tools for that eg in Chrome)
alwaysidle on 12.10.2025 6:07 p.m.

Lol. This is coming from an university e-mail address as it seems. Maybe you can find out what the university behind this is and file a report to that student. He may get thrown out

Edit: if you plan on doing this, please check the email address carefully through headers.
edgar-alien-poo on 12.10.2025 6:12 p.m.

That’s not phishing; that’s plain old extortion.

And no, you don’t have to worry about it. Firstly because the whole story is a lie, and secondly because we all know about your giraffe fetish anyway ;-).