Bogus "account hacked" message

[Kevin Lee]

Delete it don’t respond and ignore it.. been getting them too.. change your password
If your that concerned.. it’s a fishing trip.. 

Cheers


On 08.01.19, 21:19, "cctalk on behalf of Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk" <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org on behalf of cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

    I’ve been getting those messages for a few months now and nothing bad has happened yet.  ;-)
    
    TTFN - Guy
    
    > On Jan 8, 2019, at 12:03 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
    > 
    > 
    > About two hours ago, I received an email to the address I only use for
    > cctech/cctalk.
    > 
    > It claimed my email account had been hacked and threatened all sorts of
    > dire consequences if I didn't deposit $1000 in bitcoins in some place within
    > 48 hours.
    > 
    > I am 100% certain that the claims in the message are completely bogus and
    > none of the threats will be carried out.
    > 
    > It is likely that email addresses belonging to other list members are also
    > to be found wherever my email address was scraped from so I just wanted to
    > warn other list members about this scam in case they receive similar emails.
    > 
    > (I received the scam email directly, not via the cctech listserver).
    > 
    > Regards,
    > Peter Coghlan.