I received a threatening message from my own e-mail address! What does it mean? Have I been hacked???

Sena Kanmaz wrote:

Hello pervert, I've sent this message from your Microsoft account. I want to inform you about a very bad situation for you. However, you can benefit from it, if you will act wisеly.Have you heard of Pegasus? This is a spyware program that installs on computers and smartphones and allows hackers to monitor the activity of device owners. It provides access to your webcam, messengers, emails, call records, etc. It works well on Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. I guess, you already figured out where I’m getting at.

This is a very common scam known as the bitcoin scam, sextortion scam, extortion scam and other names.

Don't contact the scammer. Don't pay anything.

If the message is not in your Sent folder (it won't be) it was not sent from your account. Your account was not hacked. No spyware programs were installed. The scammer simply put your address in the Sender field.

Delete the message and any similar messages you receive in the future.

Don

Hello pervert, I've sent this message from your Microsoft account. I want to inform you about a very bad situation for you. However, you can benefit from it, if you will act wisеly.[snip]***** anan sh wrote:

I received the same message.

The thing is that at the same time I received notifications from the McAFee antivirus software that the account was hacked. I received about 13 notifications. The question is if this means that it was indeed hacked or is it just false reports? How can I know about it?

Check for successful logins that weren't you.

Check the recent sign-in activity for your Microsoft account https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/check-the-recent-sign-in-activity-for-your-microsoft-account-5b3cfb8e-70b3-2bd6-9a56-a50177863357

If an email account had been hacked, the hacker would have quickly changed the password or even created a new alias and deleted the original address. You would not be able to login.

Don

Hello pervert, I've sent this message from your Microsoft account. I want to inform you about a very bad situation for you. However, you can benefit from it, if you will act wisеly.Have you heard of Pegasus? This is a spyware program that installs on computers and smartphones and allows hackers to monitor the activity of device owners. It provides access to your webcam, messengers, emails, call records, etc. It works well on Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. I guess, you already figured out where I’m getting at.*****

I received the same message.

The thing is that at the same time I received notifications from the McAFee antivirus software that the account was hacked. I received about 13 notifications. The question is if this means that it was indeed hacked or is it just false reports? How can I know about it?

Hello pervert, I've sent this message from your Microsoft account. I want to inform you about a very bad situation for you. However, you can benefit from it, if you will act wisеly.Have you heard of Pegasus? This is a spyware program that installs on computers and smartphones and allows hackers to monitor the activity of device owners. It provides access to your webcam, messengers, emails, call records, etc. It works well on Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. I guess, you already figured out where I’m getting at.*****

I take same email too and my email drop the junk email box. What can I do this email or am I really heacked?

I have received two of these types of email in my spam in a month by two different email adresses. Do I need to act on it?