Timeline for Have gotten a blackmail email with a password of mine - what to do? [duplicate]
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| Apr 17, 2020 at 22:00 | vote | accept | einpoklum | ||
| Apr 17, 2020 at 22:00 | vote | accept | einpoklum | ||
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| Apr 10, 2020 at 12:50 | comment | added | Fire Quacker | @einpoklum Apparently, this scam campaign is being pushed very heavily right now: bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/… | |
| Apr 9, 2020 at 20:23 | comment | added | Esa Jokinen | What's interesting is that you got exactly the same bitcoin address. I've been collecting those addresses to estimate how much people really fall into these scams, as the transactions are public. A while ago they were collecting quite a fortune, but luckily people are more aware of these scams now and don't pay so easily anymore. | |
| Apr 9, 2020 at 20:10 | comment | added | einpoklum | @EsaJokinen: You've got exceptional taste, haha. | |
| Apr 9, 2020 at 19:52 | comment | added | Esa Jokinen | I got the same email with the same style today. I don't know how my contacts would react seeing a sρlιτ-screeη νideo of me writing an answer on SE. | |
| Apr 9, 2020 at 19:15 | history | closed |
Steffen Ullrich CommunityBot |
Duplicate of What to do about email threats containing leaked passwords? | |
| Apr 9, 2020 at 19:14 | comment | added | einpoklum | @SteffenUllrich: The questions are very much related, yes. Fine, let this be a dupe. | |
| Apr 9, 2020 at 18:12 | comment | added | Fire Quacker | Here we go: Should I be worried by an email which said my account was under attack? {duplicate} and What to do about email threats containing leaked passwords? | |
| Apr 9, 2020 at 18:09 | answer | added | Demento | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 9, 2020 at 18:09 | comment | added | Fire Quacker | @einpoklum I think this particular scam has been discussed on this site before, like around a year ago. | |
| Apr 9, 2020 at 17:54 | answer | added | auspicious99 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 9, 2020 at 17:43 | comment | added | mti2935 | If it's a password that you use on several sites, then it could very well be that you used this password on a site that suffered a breach. Then, the site's user database may have ended up online (this is how sites like haveibeenpwned.com get their data). If none of the other stuff in the threat that you received pertains to you, I think you can simply ignore the email. | |
| Apr 9, 2020 at 17:42 | answer | added | einpoklum | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 9, 2020 at 17:35 | history | asked | einpoklum | CC BY-SA 4.0 |