I received an Email from my own email address saying that my account has been hacked and that I should pay US$1000 into a Bitcoin account (Bitcoin address given) or info on my pc will be sent to everyone in my address book. Is this new or has it been around before?
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Email blackmail?
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lkswan747
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Load of crap! check https://haveibeenpwned.com/. You probably find that one or other password was hacked but in my humble opinion is should be safe to ignore.
Don't forget to change your passwords!!
Don't forget to change your passwords!!
WAslayer
Honorary Master
More than likely they actually did not hack you.. I suspect they only changed the friendly name to match your email address, which makes it look like the email came from you.. in actual fact, if you look at the email headers, you are likely to see that the mail from address is a different email address and where the email was actually sent from..
PM me the email headers if you are not sure what to look for..
PM me the email headers if you are not sure what to look for..
scudsucker
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Just delete everyone in your address book. Then there's no one to send your info to...
More seriously, it's a scam. Just delete the mail and ignore it.
RedViking
Nord of the South
Post the oroginal email or do a Google search. Just ignore it and change your password.
gregmcc
Honorary Master
Another scam. Its easy to fake mails.