We propose a baryoand leptogenesis mechanism in which the B−L asymmetry is produced in the conversion of ordinary leptons into particles of some depleted hidden sector. In particular, we consider the lepton number violating reactions lφ→ lφ, l̄φ̄ mediated by the heavy Majorana neutrinos N of the seesaw mechanism, where l and φ are ordinary lepton and Higgs doublets and l, φ the “sterile” leptons ...