Every previous instance of this particular scam I've seen mentioned before used a password that the recipient recognized. I personally received this exact emai

Every previous instance of this particular scam I've seen mentioned before used a password that the recipient recognized. I personally received this exact email just the other day, containing a password that I confirmed I actually used a very long time ago on a now-defunct site (which was known to be in at least one password dump). I don't buy the "an incorrect password might freak someone out" argument, because the whole point of this scam is that the recipient recognizes the password. Without that password recognition, the inclusion of the password is harmful (because it proves the sender is full of shit) and at best makes the email have no more persuasive power than one that didn't include a password at all.