You forward the email.
Subject: “URGENT: Malware Blackmail Threat”
You CC cybercrime@city.gov and attach the .exe file.
You feel... brave.
Then your phone buzzes.
Unknown number:
“Bad move, hero.”
You look back at your inbox.
Your sent mail is gone.
All of it.
Your email is now sending auto-replies to everyone:
“Hey! Check out this hilarious file I got!”
(Attached: bank_details.exe)
Your name is now the infection vector.
You try to log out.
You try to delete your account.
It won’t let you.
“Admin privileges revoked. You are now part of the botnet.”
Your face appears on your friends’ screens, grinning, glitching.