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Nasty Police Scareware Triples Ransom If Users Triy to Unlock Device on Their Own

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Few options at hand as screen is locked, buttons don't work

A stubborn piece of police scareware holds Android devices hostage until a fee is paid via Money Pak and PayPal My Cash transfers, and it increases the ransom to $1,500 / €1,400 if users attempt to unlock the device on their own.

The nasty threat arrives via an email message claiming to deliver an update for Adobe Flash Player and immediately after installation it plasters a fake FBI warning on the screen and locks the device, motivating the action with a claim that the user accessed websites featuring adult content.

Ransom jumps from $500 to $1,500

To make the message more credible, the attackers attach screenshots of the browsing history and warns that a picture of the victim has also been taken, suggesting that they can be identified.
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