A friend of mine in Finland just got one of these, it falls into the same category as the sextortion scam about which I have already written: desperate bad guys blasting out millions of emails to the entire world, hoping to catch the handful of people who *do* visit adult sites, have unsecured webcams, a guilty conscience, and very little education.
In this case, they’re hoping to snare the fearful and gullible segment of the world’s populace. It astonishes me that people could be so foolish as to fall for these kinds of scams, but if it didn’t work at some level, the bad guys wouldn’t do it.
But the takeaway here is the same as always: This is a scam, there’s no truth to it, and you should never send money to criminals. Please keep your loved ones, particularly the elderly and vulnerable, educated and protected.
The Old Wolf has spoken.
Playing in the World Game 
You ought to have edited your friend’s email address out of it. You’re just leaving them vulnerable to be scammed more.
You are so fast, I actually did edit it out about 15 seconds after I posted it. if you refresh your screen you’ll see that it’s gone. 😃
“Thank you for contacting me. If you send me 5000 dollars, I won’t tell the other hit men on the Dark Web that you’re ruining their business by betraying clients and breaking contracts…”