Trojan viruses

All you need to do is delete the message. Done.

These scam emails have been going around for years. Where did they get an old password? From the many server breeches you've heard about in the news. It makes the scam sound more believable.

There's also no such thing as a Trojan virus. It's one or the other. Scammers love to put these two entirely different types of malware names together to make it sound scarier.

lucianne113 wrote:

I received an email with threat me and told that my privacy was invaded. What scare me was that they wrote on passaword that I used a long time ago. What should I do ? There some in risk at my machine Mackbook air .

Change the password for any account mentioned in the scam e-mail. Delete the scam message without clicking upon any link in it, or otherwise interacting with the senders in any way.

There might have been a server data leak, and the scammers might have purchased your password (and many, many others) from the criminals who collected the leaked data. In that case, that part of the scam message will contain a grain of truth. It doesn't mean the "Trojan virus" part is true.

That's meant to scare you into delivering yourself into the "loving" hands of criminals who will rip you off in some way. If you're lucky, they'll "only" sell you "security" software that you don't need. There is a very good chance that what they want to do is to collect sensitive financial information so they can rip you off now, and/or sell your name and information to other criminals looking to make a quick, unearned buck at your expense.

FTC - How To Spot, Avoid, and Report Tech Support Scams

Just delete that medssgdd we don’t need to do nothing appldd es devices doesn’t get viruses those messages are fake alerts that’s all

Change passwords and

reboot the phone

I get bunch of those messages , do I pay attention? No , slide to the left tapping delete then empty the trash 🗑️ 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

Well how did they get an old password?

You are welcome 🙏