Snellen Posted April 23, 2019 ID:1309183 Share Posted April 23, 2019 As secretary of a foundation for the common good one of my email- addresses is mentioned on the website of the foundation. Since two weeks I'll receive - apparently from myself- a notification that my account is hacked and I have to provide bitcoins to some nutter. Malwarebytes does not recognize this as an apparent hack- attempt. Still I wonder, is there anything to prevent this daily nuisance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted April 23, 2019 ID:1309184 Share Posted April 23, 2019 This is purely a scam and they send those emails out en masse hoping one or two bite at the bait. Just delete the email and then change your email password to a new Strong Password just to make sure. Additionally, you can enter your email address(es) in the following site and it will check to see if that email address was part of a known breach. https://haveibeenpwned.com/ Please reference: ----------------- US FBI PSA - Extortionists Increasingly Using Recipients' Personal Information To Intimidate Victims US FTC Consumer Information - How to avoid a Bitcoin blackmail scam MyOnlinesecurity - attempted-blackmail-scam-watching-porn BleepingComputer - Beware of Extortion Scams Stating They Have Video of You on Adult Sites Malwarebytes' Blog - Sextortion emails: They’re probably not watching you Malwarebytes Forum sample thread - Got strange threating email. Malwarebytes Forum FYI thread - FYI: Email Ransom Scam still current Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snellen Posted April 23, 2019 Author ID:1309185 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Thankxx, I will follow-up on your advice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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