Scam emails making their way to Ottawa residents

Ottawa Police are warning residents not to reply to an email scam that is making its way around.

The scam emails claim to have users' passwords and video of them captured while visiting pornographic sites.

It then threatens to release the passwords and video if Bitcoin is not transfered to the fraudster.

Ottawa Police are advising residents not to reply to these emails, to change your passwords regularly, and install anti-virus software.