The Hitman Spam Scam
Thankfully, most of the spam we receive is at worst insulting, making various (and wholly inaccurate) claims about the size of certain body parts. However, according to the FBI, hundreds of people are receiving something rather more threatening in their inboxes: spam that claims the recipients will be killed if they don't pay off the sender.Frightening to be sure, but like most spam missives these seem to be random in nature, sent in hope of finding someone who'll pay up. However, a few messages have included disturbing details like family member names and work addresses, meaning someone is going through a bit of trouble to make these sound legit.
Should you receive one of these messages, chances are it's totally bogus and you needn't fear that someone has a contract on your head. But, just to be safe, make sure you report any such messages to the proper authorities.
From Shiny Shiny
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gokoolkhanalusa @ Oct 16th 2007 2:15PM
I have recently terminated two of my Yahoo email addresses due to these Nigerian creeps keep on sending me about my winning some bogus lotto of millions of dollars. Now I am in peace with those email addresses gone.
Appliance Part @ Feb 7th 2008 11:26AM
Spamming and Phishing have always been means of making money. If one can't steal your visa data or your bank accounts and he can't simply fool you into giving the money willingly, he will start threatening, this being the last modality to make some undeserved money.