I was sent this in my email today and was wondering if this is real or not. Also if theres any advice on what to do?
I was wondering if I should tell all my contacts to block me, thankfully i dont have many, would that work?
"Dear
Í have very bad news for yoú. 07/01/2020 - on thís day í hacked yoúr OS and got fúll access to your account
Íf yoú do not belíeve ít, yoú can check ít yoúrself. Í created thís letter ín yoúr accoúnt (the sender address matches the recípíent address).
So, yoú can change the password, yes... Bút my malware íntercepts ít every tíme.
How í made ít: Ín the software of the roúter, throúgh whích yoú went onlíne, was a vúlnerabílíty. Í júst hacked thís roúter and placed my malícíoús code on ít. When yoú went onlíne, my trojan was ínstalled on the OS of yoúr devíce.
After that, í made a fúll copy of yoúr dísk (í have all yoúr address book, hístory of víewíng sítes, all fíles, phone númbers and addresses of all yoúr contacts).
A month ago, í wanted to lock yoúr devíce and ask for a not bíg amoúnt of btc to únlock.
And í got an ídea... Í took a screenshot
Í'm know that yoú woúld not líke to show these screenshots to yoúr fríends, relatíves or colleagúes.
Í thínk $950(USD) ís a very, very small amoúnt for my sílence. Besídes, í have been spyíng on yoú for so long, havíng spent a lot of tíme!
Pay ONLY ín Bítcoíns!
Yoú do not know how to úse bítcoíns? Enter a qúery ín any search engíne: "how to replenísh btc wallet". Ít's extremely easy!
Í wíll gíve yoú exactly two days (48 hoúrs) to make thís payment. As soon as yoú open thís letter, the tímer wíll work and tíme wíll pass.
After payment, my vírús and screenshots wíll self-destrúct aútomatícally. Íf í do not receíve from yoú the specífíed amoúnt, then yoúr devíce wíll be locked, and all yoúr contacts wíll receíve a screenshots wíth yoúr "enjoy".
Í hope yoú únderstand yoúr sítúatíon. - Do not try to fínd and destroy my vírús! (All yoúr data, fíles and screenshots ís already úploaded to a remote server); - Do not try to contact me (the sender address matches yoúr address, as I wrote above); - Varíoús secúríty servíces wíll not help yoú; formattíng a dísk or destroyíng a devíce wíll not help, sínce yoúr data ís already on a remote server.
P.S. Yoú are not my síngle víctím. so, í gúarantee yoú that í wíll not dístúrb yoú agaín after payment!
Í also ask yoú to regúlarly úpdate yoúr antívírúses ín the fútúre. Thís way yoú wíll no longer fall ínto a símílar sítúatíon.
Do not hold evíl! í júst do my job. Have a níce day!"
Submitted April 14, 2020 at 05:00AM by throwawayyyyy171 https://ift.tt/2xpor4A
