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

I have ignored identical emails for years. Never a problem. Key is not responding. Have not to date received a follow up or additional communication from the initiator. 


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From: Harold Hartley <wheelie207@ownmail.net>
To: plug-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
Sent: Wed, Apr 24, 2019 6:27 am
Subject: Re: I just got a ransomware email--what to do?

#yiv7641007698 p.yiv7641007698MsoNormal, #yiv7641007698 p.yiv7641007698MsoNoSpacing{margin:0;}Just ignore it. I get those too. It’s because the old hack of people’s info are now for sale on the dark web and it’s old info unless you didn’t change any passwords since these hack were announced.
On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, at 06:04, Stephen Elliott 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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