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Extortion email - who to report to?

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FrenchFancie · 11/08/2022 06:12

ive received one of those ‘we’ve caught you accessing pOrn websites, have put a Trojan virus on your device now pay us £1000 in bitcoin’ emails - they have used the address of our rental property and not my home address.

i know it’s a total scam (not least of which because I don’t use those kind of websites! And haven’t set foot in the property concerned for 6 1/2 years let alone accessed anything dodgy there…) but I think it should probably be reported to someone?

has anyone else received one of these delightful emails? Needless to say I’m not clicking on any links or attachments in it…

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bandmbargainsbaby · 11/08/2022 06:25

I had one and just ignored it. If you’re an iPhone user you can report junk texts, not sure about emails / the one I had went into junk. It didn’t have any of my personal details on it.

Hotseatpants · 11/08/2022 06:28

Report it here

www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/phishing-scams/report-scam-email

Popvan · 11/08/2022 06:52

I had the same email, forward it to phishing address then ignore.

FrenchFancie · 11/08/2022 06:54

Thank you, I have reported it now

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