<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;">The last one I got they tried to prove they got in to my account by typing my old password in the email to me, but I changed that password about 5 years ago so these scammer have old info.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">But there are some that has not changed passwords and will panic and pay them. How stupid.</div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, at 09:32, Matt Graham wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt"><div style="font-family:Arial;">> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, at 06:04, Stephen Elliott wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> I just received an email claiming a hack of my system and threat<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> to send a porn vid to all my contacts if I don’t pay $800 in<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> bitcoin. How can I know if this is a real threat and what can I<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> do about it?<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">On 2019-04-24 06:35, Mike wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> I have ignored identical emails for years. Never a problem. Key is<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> not responding. Have not to date received a follow up or additional<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> communication from the initiator.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">I have been getting these for a while. They're pretty inept if you <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">take a look at their headers and source. They claim to have hacked your <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">account, yet the mail doesn't come from your account, but from <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">compromised machines in .br or .ru with a forged From: . At least a few <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">claim to have a tracking pixel in them, and no tracking pixel is <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">attached. This is lazy scammers attempting to get easy money from dumb <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">people.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">-- <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">There is no Darkness in Eternity<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">But only Light too dim for us to see.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<br></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div id="sig4468849"><div class="signature">--<br></div><div class="signature"> Harold Hartley<br></div><div class="signature"> 17632 N. 5th place<br></div><div class="signature"> Phoenix, AZ 85022<br></div><div class="signature"> wheelie207@ownmail.net<br></div><div class="signature"><br></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></body></html>