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Re: I got this email
by
MartinTheWanderer
on 05/12/2017, 02:06:06 UTC
I got the same nonsense. They are just spamming harvested email databases, randomly.

Looking at blockchain explorer it seems people have wisened up to this sort of extortion scam.
Zero activity on that address.   Grin

Make sure though to report the Gmail address that they provide as contact address (not the hacked random email account they were sending from) to Gmails abuse team - usually those accounts go down a few hours later.

Law enforcement is too busy hunting file sharers and protecting pedo-politicians, so... nothing much more to do.

If you do however run into a spammer/scammer/extortionist IRL: don't waste a bullet. Just beat them bloody and remove their microscopic haXX0r-balls.