A threatening hoax email that seems to have correctly acquired your email password

The hoax emails comes in various forms

Here is an example:

Subject: "Account Issue"

Body of the email message:

Hi, dear user of yourdomain.com (This will be your domain)

We have installed one RAT software into you device.

For this moment your email account is hacked (see on <from address>, I messaged you from your account).

Your password for This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.: passwordyouuse (You might be surprised that they have managed to 'guess' your password. See below)

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This hoax is doing the rounds on Facebook The claim that your Facebook Account has been cloned

The hoax chain message instructs you to copy and past the following text and post it on Facebook

"Heads-up!! Almost every account is being cloned. Your picture and your name are used to create a new face book account (they don't need your password to do this this). They want your friends to add them to their Facebook account. Your friends will think that it's you and accept your request. From that point on they can write what they want under your name. I have NO plans to open a new account. Please DO NOT accept a 2nd friend request from "me". please forward to all your contacts"

Here's another variation of the message:

"Couple of things I'd like to draw your attention to fellow facebookers ......Over the last few days I have received several messages warning me that a friend request has been received under my name. I DID NOT SEND ANY REQUESTS so please do not accept anything from me. Secondly all messages I have received are IDENTICAL so I would suggest everybody check your settings and change passwords"

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Don't scare away your visitors!

In a bid to step up Internet safety, Google has announced that from July 2018 their browser (Chrome) will begin to mark all websites without an SSL Certificate (i.e. ordinary http) as Not secure

Since January 2017 - If your domain does not have an SSL Certificate visitors may be put off from visiting your website

People visiting a page on your website containing a field for entering a password or credit card number will see a warning like this...

Secure or Not Secure?

Have you noticed how some internet addresses begin with http:// or https:// ?  You can be forgiven if you haven't, as browsers tend to hide these characters.   However, Google Chrome will show the green secure padlock icon like this...

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