re: Weird blackmail email I got

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Have any of you ever gotten and email like this?

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I recall a local sheriff telling a story about this scam to a group of seniors.

He talked about how one day one of his deputies came in long faced and admitted to sheriff his boss that the deputy had gotten an email the about the deputy’s one handed guilty pleasures. And the email stated that the information was going to come out and he wanted to warn the sheriff and the deputy was prepared to quit or retire, I can’t exactly remember. So the department looked into it and realized right away it was a scam and the deputy was relieved.