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I have a MacOS Sierra on an iMac Retina 2017. I have received an email message sent to my Gmail account from "[email protected]" telling me “I do know ***** is your passphrases [at ***** the message displays an old, OBE, out of use password]. Give me USD 869 at Bitcoin B*T*C* ad*dre*ss: 14cxPepKjJ8XR5k4u7jskJiqMH2vGFV5WY”
There is a warning that if I do not send the money “i most certainly will send your video clip to each one of your personal contacts” The video clip is described as related to a visit I have presumably made to a pornographic website.
The whole thing is phony. I have never been to a pornographic website, the “passphrase” the message claims to have is OBE and has been for a long time. I have no idea where they got the password, but it is no longer active anywhere.
Just in case, I ran Malware Bytes Premium, Clam XAV, and SmartReporter. Everything is clean.
Do I simply delete this message, or is there some cyber security website that likes to see these kinds of messages regardless of what they look like?
If I have posted this in the wrong section, please say so. Of all the choices, this seemed the most logical.
There is a warning that if I do not send the money “i most certainly will send your video clip to each one of your personal contacts” The video clip is described as related to a visit I have presumably made to a pornographic website.
The whole thing is phony. I have never been to a pornographic website, the “passphrase” the message claims to have is OBE and has been for a long time. I have no idea where they got the password, but it is no longer active anywhere.
Just in case, I ran Malware Bytes Premium, Clam XAV, and SmartReporter. Everything is clean.
Do I simply delete this message, or is there some cyber security website that likes to see these kinds of messages regardless of what they look like?
If I have posted this in the wrong section, please say so. Of all the choices, this seemed the most logical.