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@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.
