I'm posting this in the SONAR subforum because of the imminent nature of the threat and its potential for damage. Mods feel free to move this. I just didn't know where else to put it.
 
The following link is a ZDNet article published a couple of hours ago. It documents a serious new ransomware threat that comes via email and can attack even if you go off-line.
 
http://www.zdnet.com/article/new-phishing-attack-knows-your-address-and-brings-ransomware/
 

 

Thank you for the heads up. Needless to say these "people" that do this are not my favorite people. 

Thanks for sharing.
All the best.