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

[Matt Graham]

> 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?
On 2019-04-24 06:35, Mike wrote:
> 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.

I have been getting these for a while.  They're pretty inept if you 
take a look at their headers and source.  They claim to have hacked your 
account, yet the mail doesn't come from your account, but from 
compromised machines in .br or .ru with a forged From: .  At least a few 
claim to have a tracking pixel in them, and no tracking pixel is 
attached.  This is lazy scammers attempting to get easy money from dumb 
people.

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