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How to report an extortion email?
I discovered in my Spam folder an email sent from my email @att.net to my same email account, stating "I hacked your device and then got access to all your accounts...including your .....@att.net". There is an attempt at blackmail or extortion and asks for money. I changed my password to my att (Yahoo mail acct). Is there anything I should do? Is there any way to report this to authorities? To whom?
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_xyzzy_
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15K Messages
5 years ago
You weren't hacked so ignore what ATTCares said. That extortion email has been floating around in various email services for some time now, not just att's. I got one too a few months ago. What do you do about it? Treat it like any other spam or phishing email. In other words, nothing. Just trash it.
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ATTHelp
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231.4K Messages
5 years ago
Hi @Patbeenhacked!
Thank you for reaching out to us! To get started, we suggest that view this great article to get tips on How to Recover a hacked email account.
To report your complaint, please forward an email to our team at abuse@att.net. You can also view this article to get help with Email Issues. Hope this helps!
Yetty, AT&T Community Specialist
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