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

[Andrew McRobb]

Forgot to attach this:

https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:44 AM Andrew McRobb <andrewmcrobb at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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