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WannaCry ransomware scam tries to extort money without actually infecting your computer

Email appears to have been sent out to computer users threatening to destroy all of data stored on your computers, servers, and mobile devices. The email, reproduced below, claims that the notorious WannaCry virus is back and unlike its earlier incarnation it doesnt just infect Windows computers. Of course, the email is nonsense. It is simply hoping that a small percentage of recipients will be fooled into paying up. If enough do, the scammers will make a tidy profit without having had to make the effort of writing any malware.”]

Source: https://grahamcluley.com/wannacry-ransomware-scam-tries-to-extort-money-without-actually-infecting-your-computer/

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