An email lists my password and claims it recorded me. Is that real?
Reviewed answer
Old passwords and personal details are often used as props in mass blackmail scams.
- Do not reply, send money, or open attachments. A known password or address does not prove a recording exists.
- Change the exposed password anywhere it still works and enable two-step sign-in.
- Save the threat, then report it as phishing. In the US, report extortion at IC3.gov.
Get help if
There is actual evidence of account access, real intimate material, or a specific threat to your physical safety.