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Sherlene Stevens: Routine Review of Emails, Then There's Spam

At my home office, late afternoon, yesterday (April 11, 2016), I performed my typical e-mail organization routine. How dumb of me! I viewed my spams, and after reviewing a spam email (dated March 22nd), I opened the attached file to read . . . Bitcoin! This is what it said: ATTENTION! All your documents, photos, databases and other important personal files were encrypted using strong RSA-1024 algorithm with a unique key. To restore your files you have to pay 0.31003 BTC (bitcoins). Please follow this manual: 1. Create Bitcoin wallet here:       https://blockchain.info/wallet/new 2. Buy 0.31003 BTC with cash, using search here:       https://localbitcoins.com/buy_bitcoins 3. Send 0.31003 BTC to this Bitcoin address:       13Yt9gdwySpH6bbdvU29H4HnkuGmXiWrda 4. Open one of the following links in your browser to download decryptor:       http://webrh.fr/counter/?ad=13Yt9gdwySpH6bbdvU29H4HnkuGmXiWrda   ...