Got an email in my spam folder titled Save Yourself and it's freaking me out

Don't fall for it. It's a scam. A hacker wouldn't put malware on your computer and then remove it before you paid him/her the bitcoin they are demanding. I received a very similar email several weeks ago. The guy said he was going to post everything about my life on the internet for the whole world to see. I just emailed back and said please post everything, I dare you to! Never heard a peep after that!

It's certainly a scam and you shouldn't respond to it in any way. It's a little unlikely that they would have put malware on your computer and then removed it but you should certainly run a scan just to make sure. If you don't use the built-in camera, it's not a bad idea to put a piece of tape over the camera. Since he is very likely sending this email to a whole list of people - hundreds or even thousands - it's very unlikely that he has actually done what he says he has. It is worrying that he was able to quote one of the passwords that you actually use. There have been a number of data breaches recently and I'm sure that more sites are hacked than we ever get to hear about. The results of these breaches (usernames, email addresses and passwords) are published or sold on the 'dark web' and he must have got your email address and a password from one of those lists. Yes, you should change all of your passwords as soon as possible, of course! It's a right royal pain, I know, because you have to go to every site individually, log in and change your password on each one! I use a password manager (NOT the browser function which offers to save your password but a separate online application) which keeps all of your passwords for each site (encrypted, of course!) and can also generate random passwords for you. There are some sites for which I don't even know the passwords myself but LastPass does and fills my username and password in for me automatically. Naturally, I have a very long and secure password for the password manager!

Have received several e-mails like that before but it's the first time I came across someone knowing your password. I agree with @ScribbledAdNaueseum that IS creepy.

That is extremely creepy and to be honest? I would probably get the cops involved.

It's all a scam. Don't fall for it. Go ahead and change your passwords. He might use the same password reference for everyone and eventually he hits on one that someone has. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS Delete it and ignore it. CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD IMMEDIATELY. Hugs. Don't freak out.

It is a scam, lots have gotten it, so no need to freak.

That is scary although I'm sure it's just a scam. It would be a good idea to change the password though.

It is scary. I think it is a scam. Better change all your passwords.

Have you used any generic passwords on any sites that coincidentally matches with the scammers password? If not, then I think you may inform the cops about it.

I agree with Jeff. There are so many scams out there. I got one in the mail today I just wrote about. I want to know how my address was gotten.

sounds kinda creepy, but you would probably notice if someone accessed your accounts where you use that password. and if you weren't satisfying yourself in front of the camera, you got nothing to worry about.