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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.

  1. Do not reply, send money, or open attachments. A known password or address does not prove a recording exists.
  2. Change the exposed password anywhere it still works and enable two-step sign-in.
  3. 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.

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