Security News > 2021 > January > Scammer extorts site owners using porn backlinks threat
Website owners are receiving emails threatening to ruin their reputation if they do not post a five-star review for a cryptocurrency exchange.
Today, BleepingComputer received an extortion email through our contact form demanding we post a 5-star review and perform two likes/shares for the coinmama.com cryptocurrency exchange.
If we do not do what they require within 48 hours, the extortionist claims they will create millions of backlinks to our site from porn sites to ruin our reputation.
If I do not see a 5 star review from you and at least two likes and shares on our channels, I am going to send millions of porn backlinks to bleepingcomputer.com which will completely kill off your site.
I have sent a few dozen spam links to your site already.
In June 2019, a different extortion scam targeting web site owners was making the rounds.