They managed to get the password to your email account
I have not tried to access that Yahoo account (note they NEVER mentioned the yahoo account - but I recognise the password for that account - my email accounts all have different passwords)They changed it so you cannot access it now. They want money to allow you to re-access the account or are they saying they will just delete the account when you pay up ?
Ha ha ha - thanks for that info - some wise words from an experienced personIn future cover your camera while watching porn, and you'll have nothing to worry about
thanks for this information. I am planning a full change of passwords across my on line accounts. I'll leave this yahoo to last and I'll try to delete it as it's serving no purpose at this stage.I got this a few months ago - same deal, password that had been used by me but not for the email account.
I've now done that as part of changing all passwords across my online persona - password was still accepted & has been changed.Why don't you just try and login and hit the forgot password if it fails
Just wondering does this need to be reported to Gardai?
Yes, that's exactly it - actually seeing the password in their email was a bit worrying. Not the threat of what they would do etc as it's all crap.It is very unnerving, even if you know it's total nonsense, especially when they have some password,
Good luck with that....there are 1000's of scams going on.Yes, that's exactly it - actually seeing the password in their email was a bit worrying. Not the threat of what they would do etc as it's all crap.
I printed out the email, took screen shots etc with the intention of heading to garda station last night, but it was closed. I'll have to make the trip into one of the larger stations, assuming I can get through the check point - might not be deemed a "necessary journey".
Thanks for all the replies - appreciate, as always, all your input.
Good luck with that....there are 1000's of scams going on.
I wouldn't bother going to the guards, especially in the current situation. This is a very common scam in the last couple of years, your email won't be materially different to thousands of others. All they scammers have is that password and the email address they sent the mail to. Most likely you used that email address and password to sign up to some site that was hacked afterwards. If you use that password anywhere else, change it.Yes, that's exactly it - actually seeing the password in their email was a bit worrying. Not the threat of what they would do etc as it's all crap.
I printed out the email, took screen shots etc with the intention of heading to garda station last night, but it was closed. I'll have to make the trip into one of the larger stations, assuming I can get through the check point - might not be deemed a "necessary journey".
Thanks for all the replies - appreciate, as always, all your input.
I actually got two of them in the last 4 days.
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