I just got a ransomware email--what to do?

[Andrew McRobb]

I don't know how Microsoft handles emails, but in Gmail we have a "Show
Original" option on every email received. That will show every everything
from domains, IPs, authentication, timestamps. This will give every
possible detailed needed by someone from the FBI that can use this as a
good reference point.

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:34 AM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:

> Ignore it. However, I would save off a copy and forward it to the FBI and
> their computer crimes center. Who knows, they might actually be able to
> find the people behind this.
>
> -Eric
> From the central offices of the Technomage guild, crime and punishment
> detail
>
>
> > On Apr 23, 2019, at 5:32 AM, Stephen Elliott <tnflyfisher at live.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I just received an email claiming a hack of my system and threat to send
> a porn vid to all my contacts if I don’t pay $800 in bitcoin. How can I
> know if this is a real threat and what can I do about it?
> >
> > Stephen
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