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

I received same scam as others do. Before that, I could not able to log in just now. Luckily i was able to reset my password through recovery process. The scammer probably found out my password through multiple attempts shown from the attemp tracking. For about 1 month period, the scammer tried to log in from different location and succefully log in one time among all attempts. Strangely, the scam email was sent to me through myself(from the messegge stated) was at junk mail, and the date the scammer sent was prior to its successful log in attempt. Therefore, it is somewhat not sure whether the scammer kept the it's own changed password from the successful attempt.

Don, what can I do from this? It seems the hacker/scammer is really diehard trying to getting into my account for a month everyday. Since he also tried to log in yesterday, he sure will try later on.

Yes I have received the same email with 10000 unsuccessful attempts to my account. When I tried to block the sender, I have blocked myself. How could that be from outside & how it is not my email ?

I am extremely worried

Khuloud Elsabbagh wrote:

Yes I have received the same email with 10000 unsuccessful attempts to my account. When I tried to block the sender, I have blocked myself. How could that be from outside & how it is not my email ?

I am extremely worried

Unblock your address [1] then read my post that's on the previous page of this thread.

[1] https://outlook.live.com/ > Rules > Mail > Junk

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 too received this type of email twice. the first one one was from a different email address though and the second from my email but when i check my account activity all i find is a bunch of unsuccessful sign-in attempts from all over the world and none were successful at the time when the email was sent so i would really appreciated if someone could clarify for me what is happening here exactly .

is it possible to erase an activity from the logs? by this i mean could someone access my account somehow and then erase his traces ? could it be a Remote Desktop Access ? or is it spoofing ? how could it have been done? and how can i be sure that my account is safe ?
These are the questions that are running through my head right now and i would really appreciated if someone could clarify these for me

Mohamed

Friendly neightbor wrote:

I received same scam as others do. Before that, I could not able to log in just now. Luckily i was able to reset my password through recovery process. The scammer probably found out my password through multiple attempts shown from the attemp tracking. For about 1 month period, the scammer tried to log in from different location and succefully log in one time among all attempts. Strangely, the scam email was sent to me through myself(from the message stated) was at junk mail, and the date the scammer sent was prior to its successful log in attempt. Therefore, it is somewhat not sure whether the scammer kept the it's own changed password from the successful attempt.

Don, what can I do from this? It seems the hacker/scammer is really diehard trying to getting into my account for a month everyday. Since he also tried to log in yesterday, he sure will try later on.

1. About the extortion email.

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.

2. The login attempts.

These are very common. anyone who knows the address can try to login to your account.

Verify that you are using a very, very strong password and/or are using two step verification.

How secure is my password

https://www.security.org/how-secure-is-my-password/

How to use two-step verification with your Microsoft account

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/how-to-use-two-step-verification-with-your-microsoft-account-c7910146-672f-01e9-50a0-93b4585e7eb4 

If there are enough of these login attempts that you really want to prevent them, this method will do that. https://www.outlook-tips.net/tips/keeping-hackers-microsoft-accounts/

Don