DEATH THREAT SCAM (Information Purposes Only)

Okay. This is where the spammers cross the line. We obviously get a lot of spam scams and we publish a few of the various types here along with a little humorous commentary to make light of the serious problem all of these spammers cause. Our intention is to educate you as to the types of scams which are being circulated on the internet.

THIS ONE IS NOT FUNNY AT ALL. We recently received a DEATH THREAT SPAM email, and folks, there is nothing funny about this at all. In fact, if you receive a spam email like this you need to contact your Federal Authorities at once.

This one scared us. We did some research and found out it has been circulating on the internet as another type of internet scam. Nevertheless, we/you can not take this type of spam lightly. These scammers are the lowest scum there is and they NEED to be found and prosecuted.

If you receive one of these Death Threat Scams:

1. Be calm and understand it is more than likely a scam, but don't take it too lightly.
   
2. Contact the authorities. In the US you can submit the information to the Internet Crime Complaint Center which is a joint venture between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center.
   

You can also forward to spam@uce.gov, but the link listed above will get more attention. By submitting you must agree that you can be contacted by Federal or Local authorities. Obviously this is fine if you have received a death threat.

Below is a copy of the death threat email we received.
THIS INFORMATION IS IS A COPY OF SPAM SENT TO US AND IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE THIS TYPE OF SPAM IF YOU RECEIVE IT. We did not write it, and we believe it to be false information.


HERE IS A COPY OF THE Death Threat Scam we received:

Attn,

I am very sorry for you , is a pity that this is how your life is going
to end as

soon as you don't comply. As you can see there is no need of introducing

myself to you because I don't have any business with you,
my duty as I am mailing you now is just to KILL you and I have to do it as I

have already been paid for that.

Someone you call a friend wants you Dead by all means, and this person

have spent a lot of money in this venture,This person came to us and told me

that he wanted you dead and he provided us with your name ,picture and

other necessary information's we needed about you. So I sent my boys to

track
you down and they have carried out the necessary investigation needed for

the operation on you, and they have done that but I told them not to kill you

that I will like to contact you and see if your life is important to you.I
called

my client back and ask him of your email address which I didn't tell him what

I wanted to do with it and he gave it to me and I am using it to contact you

now. As I am writing to you this mail my men are monitoring you and they are

telling me everything about you.

Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? Since all program has be made and draw to

kill you. Get back to me now if you are ready to pay some fees to spare your

life, $15,000 is all you need to spend in this process you will first of
all pay

$8,000 then i will send a tape to you which i recorded every discusion i had

with the person who wanted you dead and as soon as you get the tape, you

will pay the remaining balance of $7,000. If you are not ready for my help,

then I will carry on with my job straight-up.

WARNING: DO NOT THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE OR EVEN TELLING

ANYONE
BECAUSE I WILL KNOW,REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL

WANT YOU
DEAD! I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY, IN CASE I NOTICE SOMETHING

FUNNY ABOUT
YOUR TELLING THE SECURITY ABOUT IT BECAUSE A GOOD LOOK IS OUT YOU

AT MOMENT.

DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7:PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND
GIVE YOU THE TAPE OF ALL DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON WHO WANT YOU

DEAD THEN
YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION. GOOD LUCK AS I AWAIT YOUR

REPLY
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REMINDER: THE ABOVE POSTING A COPY OF A SCAM WHICH IS CIRCULATING ON THE INTERNET. THIS IS POSTED ON THIS SITE FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. IF YOU RECEIVE THIS TYPE OF SPAM CONTACT THE AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY. IN THE US CONTACT http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/

Obviously this is the most horrible spam scam there is on the internet. These scammers must not be allowed to continue to take advantage of internet users with this form of abuse. Be careful, the internet can be a bad place.

Take Care,
Spambusters