So, you have received the email says that, your email was hacked while you were using your username and password to a third party website and they intercepted and steal your password and through that they have injected some Malware and Trojans.

And the email goes on saying that they have capture all of your contact details and other private stuff such as your photos, videos and they even have screenshots what you have been doing while surfing on the internet.

Its not just stops here they also mentioned that they have got your videos recorded by your webcam.

They conclude the email by asking the price ( $831 ) for their silence which they demand to pay with Bitcoin Wallet and they mentioned the bitcoin wallet.

If you don’t pay they will publish or send your all private stuff to your contacts and you have only 48 hours to act.

There are few serious questions here

• 1- How they Knows your Current or Previously Used Password ?
• 2- How they sent you the email from your email address ?
• 3- Find out Where your email information was Leaked ?
• 4- Are you sure that your computer is not effected ?

How they Knows your Current or Previously Used Password ?

The answer is they did not hacked your computer then how they guessed your exact password ?

They either bought compromised data from dark net or they hacked a third party website where you have used your email and password to register and they steal their database ( Including your email and password ) on the this basis they are now trying to tick you to pay them.

How they sent you the email from your email address ?

There are many services on the internet which allows you to send an email anonymously

hackers/scammer mostly use that services to scam people, they use open relay SMTP servers which doesn’t ask password while sending the emails.

Find out Where your email information was Leaked ?

Simply go to below website and type your email address and see where your your password information was compromised and when.

• https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Are you sure that your computer is not effected ?

Well, to make it sure either your pc/laptop is not effected you have to scan your computer with good rated Anti-Malware software such as MalwareBytes or Eset Internet Security is recommended.

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How to Scan – Hacker Who Cracked Your Email And Device a few Months Ago

Here in this step we are going to scan our PC/Laptop with Eset Online Scanner Tool

When you will click on “Scan Now” Button it will start downloading a Online-Scanner Executable file.

Next you need Accept the User Agreement by clicking on “Accept” button.

Here you will choose the “Enable detection of potentially unwanted applications” you can read more about unwanted applications Here and then hit “Scan” Button to scan your PC.

Here it will start with Downloading Latest Virus Definitions and then automatically it will start all the critical areas of your PC to find out if there is any potential thread to your PC.

So you have to wait until Eset Online Scanner will finish the scanning process.

As you can in the below image there is no active “Thread Found” in the computer it means you are safe, you should you install a Antivirus in your computer before its too late.

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