Mike Foster’s IT Security & Best Practices Blog

How to protect yourself if, or even before, an unauthorized spammer uses one of your email accounts to send out spam:

You may receive a threatening email message that shows you your actual username and password. The attacker may demand you pay them 2900, or some other significant amount. They threaten horrible things if you do not pay.

When you receive an email attachment, even when you are expecting the document and know the sender, the attached file can be poisoned.