I got a email from my own email, scam email saying they're pegasus and they wwant $1700, from what ive researched its a million dollar spyware so most likely not real to begin with and alot of results of people having the same email have said they have had no login to their microsoft account. Just want to clarify if this is completely fake cause i couldnt find a solid answer
#Spyware
upper acorn
arctic dune
Very common phishing scam, I get 100s of those a day. The software "Pegasus" has not infected your system. Turns out, you can send an email pretending to be any email address, however there are of course systems to validate if the person claiming to be ([email protected]) really is ([email protected]).
Do not send them any money, they are asking for Bitcoin so it cannot be traced by law enforcement/banks
Do not reply to their email, (just in case)
Mark the email as spam/phishing if your email app supports it.
So Yes, this is a scam. They will not be receiving $1700 from you anytime soon.
upper acorn
Very common phishing scam, I get 100s of those a day. The software "Pegasus" has...
ok thank you, but how was it from my email?
ive had no logins from anywhere
karmic maple
ok thank you, but how was it from my email?
Spoofing happens, it wasn't from you