<prompt> Human: Today I got an email and I assumed it was spam but they said they had personal information. My dad recently had unauthorized transactions from his account so Im afraid that this person may have my info. Heres exactly what the email said: Hello Summervibe,My name is Mariana of course, thats not my real name and I just wanted to inform you of several things.1. I have access to your mobile, your contacts, and your personal information2. Im not a villain, just someone who wants to help you learn from your mistakes. Your phone was so easy to access, Im allowing you to correct this error for virtually nothing.3. We will talk repayment after you reply to this messageI hope this wont leave you with a bad taste in your mouth. Shoot me a reply to confirm you got this message.Sincerely,MThen they sent this about an hour later:Clocks ticking Summervibe...TickTockTick...This makes me feel very uncomfortable. If theres a better place I can xpost this that would be helpful. Edit: sooo I found out that this person was someone I know that was playing a prank on me. But I still have all my passwords changed so theyre a lot stronger. You guys had great advice, but Im glad this didnt blow up into something super creepy. Sorry for the scare D:  <response>: What email service do you use? If its Gmail, you can scroll down to the bottom of your inbox and check your login history, revealing whos recently accessed your account and from where. Itd help determine if theyve actually been accessing your email account. At the same time, its not a foolproof detection -- if they have remote access to a device, then your email account log wouldnt reflect that; it would just report as a connection from your own laptopphone.Another important thing to do besides contacting the police, which should be done, regardless, is viewing and saving the original source of each email sent to you, which the police will surely want for a report. In Gmail, click the dropdown button at the top right of an email and click Show original. It basically shows all the technical addressing information, including an IP address of where the email came from. However, the sender may likely be using a proxy service, masking their real location.If it were me, Id want to string them along to determine what informationabilities they have, and possibly reverse-track them through any of their efforts. But I wouldnt advise this for anyone whos not overly tech-savvy. Most importantly, do not click on any sort of link, picture, attachment, etc. -- period! Its likely that they dont have any account information or access to your devices at all, but rather, theyre trying to obtain such through these very emails being sent, like hoping to get you to click a rogue link or open an attachment or log into a fake website i.e., make a fake webpage that looks like your emails or banks official page, but its really a fake one created to capture your info, and then redirecting you to the real site afterward. Keeping your computer phone software frequently updated is very important. On a computer, AdBlock Plus and NoScript are two web browser addons that are both very useful, helping keep your computer safe from attacks. Theyre both free, too.Changing your passwords is a good idea, too.But remember -- dont click any links or attachments or pictures from emails you dont recognize, ever! And hopefully your email service asks you whether you want to openallow image attachments from unknown senders or not and you shouldnt from unknown people.Let us know if theres any update! 