The UK Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) issued a warning on July 8 about a sophisticated email scam involving solicitors being tricked into demanding Bitcoin.
According to the update published on the SRA website, scammers send emails from the address “joyti.henchie@attwaters.co” claiming to have obtained the recipient’s personal data. The messages include threats to publish malicious videos unless a specific amount is paid in Bitcoin, with Attaching a link to a Bitcoin wallet that may contain malware.