Problem Description
You receive an email with a description like this:
I know [A PASSWORD] is your passphrase. Lets get straight to the point. You do not know me and you're probably wondering why you are getting this e mail? Not one person has compensated me to check about you.
In fact, I actually placed a malware on the adult streaming (porn) website and do you know what, you visited this web site to have fun (you know what I mean). When you were viewing videos, your internet browser started out functioning as a RDP with a keylogger which provided me access to your display and webcam. after that, my software program collected all your contacts from your Messenger, Facebook, and e-mailaccount. And then I created a double-screen video. First part displays the video you were watching (you have a fine taste omg), and second part shows the view of your web cam, & its u.
The email continues by requiring that you send them bitcoin to resolve this.
Problem Resolution
Send the email to your Spam or Junk folder and ignore the contents.
This is the downside of using the same password on multiple sites. They likely got this password from some other website/service where this email address and that password happened to be used together, but that site was hacked at some point in the past. You can enter your email at the following site to discover where your information was likely leaked: https://haveibeenpwned.com
Your best next step is to change the password on any site where you used it in the past. You should really change each one to a completely different and randomly generated password, then save that generated password to a password management utility like LastPass.
It’s a lot more work using a password manager like LastPass, but it’s far more secure and if you don’t want to have to worry about messages like this one, we strongly recommend taking the time to learn how it works and start using it.
