Hi, I’m sorry but You’re going to have a bad day:
This email below has been confirmed as malicious or fraudulent by the Information Security department. If you have received this phishing email, do not open any attachments or follow the link(s) in the message; simply delete the email.The subject of the email will be something like, “You have an outstanding payment”. This is considered a Sextortion scam. Sextortion scams are designed to scare victims into handing over money without seeking any further information and assistance. The scammers claim that they obtained material compromising victims’ reputations. It should be emphasized that any statements, claims and threats contained in the ‘sextortion’ scams are false.
The scammer also spoofs your email address and points to the fact the email appears to be coming from you, as proof they have full access into you device. Do not be fooled by this. Email address spoofing has been around since the early 2000’s.
This scam first appeared in Fall 2021. Do not engage with the scammer. Delete the email from you mailbox.
Here is an example of the email:
