A hacker is threatening me?

Hi, everybody.
I've just received an e-mail warning me that i've been hacked. This is the message:
"You're probably wondering why you're getting an email from YOUR own address, right? I will explain everything to you.

I am a hacker and I hacked your devices a few months ago, I set up a virus on an adult site that YOU visited and I managed to get hold of your device.
Only, I noticed that you had very particular tastes in terms of "pornography".

So I abused your device to turn it into server RDP (remote control) and guess what I could do?

I simply recorded a split screen video with one side of your browser on the "site" and the other your webcam recording you... having fun. That's how I was able to send you this email from YOUR compromised address.
Following this, I made a copy of your contacts, photos, passwords, bank details and much more.

I promise you that I will not bother you after your payment because you are not my only victim. This is the code of honor for hackers. Do not blame me, everyone's work after all...
Want to know what you can do?

Well, I think 450 euros is a fair price for our little secret. You will pay by Bitcoin (If you haven't heard about it, search for "how to buy bitcoins" on Google).
The address of my Bitcoin Wallet:

X

(Respect uppercase and lowercase, copy / paste is better)
Important You have 48 hours to make the payment. (I have a tracker in this mail and I know you opened it.)
The video and the copy of all these data are already on my side and if you do not cooperate, I will be obliged to send the video to your most important contacts, your family, your colleagues, on facebook , twitter and many more...
To prove my good faith, here is one of your many compromised passwords:
X

Changing your passwords, destroying the virus, sending in repair or disinfecting your computer is of no use since your data is al
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Most Helpful Guys

  • It's a bullshit scam, I had those same emails.

    What happened was that many email sites were hacked a couple of years ago, and the emails and passwords were stored on a database. The people running this scam have access to that database.

    They find your email address and your old password, and they create an email address that looks like yours by changing one of the characters. Say for example you have a small-case "L" in your email, as in "l". Well, swap that for a capital "i" - "I".

    "I" - capital "i"
    "l" - lower-case "L"

    They look the same right? So they create that email address, send an email from it with your old password, so that you go "whoa, how did they get my old password? I guess they must have genuinely hacked my account".

    However check your sent box, you'll find no sent emails. If they were sending you emails from your own account the sent emails would be there.

    In reality, as long as you've changed passwords you're alright. They never do anything with it, it's just a scare tactic.

  • You're victim of a ransomware attack. Call the FBI and your cable provider.

Most Helpful Girls

  • I get this e-mail too - multiple times a day. I know who sent it. The guy is too stupid to hack your account. Do not reply - if he has hacking software - replying - might enable him to access your account in ways that could increase his ability to hack your e-mail account.

  • If you send money there's nothing stopping him sending stuff to people anyway.

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  • It's a scam email. I've gotten the same email twice before, once back in August, and nothing happened when I "didn't pay".

  • Refuse. tell everyone you got a virus and its not real

  • Nah. You can put anybody's email address as the sender in an SMTP session. It's a fake. Don't respond or you'll keep getting them.

  • Scam, don't believe it. I got one of those last September, but it made no sense since the email claimed it saw me do this through me webcam which has a light ti indicate it is on.

  • **Yawn**
    I've received this kind of mail so many times, i've stopped counting.
    Trust me, it's just a scam.
    The only mature thing you can asnwer at this point is "Didn't read, lol"

  • It's a fake.. just ignore.. I have clients that get those all the time, when we investigate the headers it's always someone in Africa sending them..

  • Uh what? Report it to whatever site you're using, like Google or whatever, and then block the account it came from. And don't click on any of the links.

  • Just do not reply to the email.

  • I have gotten this email so many times. It's a scam.

  • I have received the same kind of message twice. Here’s what you should do:
    -Don’t click on any link or attachment in the mail
    -Delete the mail completely
    -Change your mail password
    -if you have time, report it
    -And above all: never pay!
    -Be reassured: it’s just a fake that’s trying to scare you so you pay. Nothing will happen.

  • Send a photo of your asshole and say "enjoy"

  • Contact the police. Otherwise you would just be funding a criminal.