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A new and dangerous twist in the Nigerian Fraud scams...

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Vierotchka
I have just received this email which I have traced to Vietnam and sent to Interpol. It has taken Nigerian Fraud scams to a new level - death threats and extortion are serious criminal offenses. Should you receive the same mail, I advise you to forward it with full headers to your local police department. You can find the appropriate police department in your area/country here: http://www.interpol.int/Public/Links/PolJust.asp

Here is the email in question (without the full headers):

from AL-QAEDA SUICIDE NETWORKS
reply-to deadlykillers2001@gmail.com
to
date Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 2:16 AM
subject KILL


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 we are the members of the
Deadly Networks in the world, which is responsible for the bombing of twin
tower’s in America on Sept. 11th and the bombing of London transport
services on July 7th (AL-QAEDA NETWORKS), 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 whom you called your 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 this including bugging of your phones with
satellite tracking devices and they have carried out the necessary
investigation we needed for the operation on you, and if you doubt this
information am going to give you all the necessary information about you
back to you in your next reply so that you can believe me, and my boys are
really on you but I told them not to kill you that I will like to contact
you and see if your life is important to you and the one of your family. 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 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, $25,000 is all you need to spend in this process you will first
of all Pay $15,000 and then I will send a tape to you which I recorded in
every discussion I had with the person who wanted you dead and as soon as
you get the Tape, You will pay the remaining balance of $10,000. 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, INCASE I NOTICE SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT
YOUR TELLING THE SECURITY ABOUT IT BECAUSE A GOOD LOOK IS OUT YOU AT THE
MOMENT.
DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7PM 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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20 comments // A new and dangerous twist in the Nigerian Fraud scams...

  • cheakywillie
  • Dmitri_Molotov
  • onechance
  • huntre
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      huntre  

    • Whoa. This latest extortion "e-scam" tops anything that I've ever seen. It sure beats the Hell out of all the ones trying to extract my finances by getting me involved in UK Lottery winnings and dead Nigerian millionaire US account transferals.
      Keep me posted on this one.

    • 3 years ago
  • jubal
  • themanwithadog
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      themanwithadog  

    • Message to skullman01.
      Message to deadly killers of AL Queda

      I am themanwithadog beware if any one of you send me any threatening mails as I will be ready for you.

      I will be sat on my rocking chair on front porch strumming my banjo waiting for you.

      You will easily recognise me and you will run away with great speed as I will be wearing my fearsome Darth Vader mask and be equipped with the latest fully charged 2008 model Light Sabre.(In a pastel pink colour, very fetching)

      Be warned THE FORCE IS WITH ME

      Is that a howl of fear I hear from you! I thought so.

      PS my dog is with me too.She is a vicious blue roan spaniel and could quit easily lick you to death if I were to allow her near you.

      BE WARNED

    • 3 years ago
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  

    • I just like to say that they need to learn to type better. They fail at being totally convincing based on how they structure their email.

      However, telling someone you're going to kill them if they don't comply would throw certain people for a loop and it's good that they are informed of this.

      I have not gotten any such email, as of yet, and I have not gotten any Nigeria email in a while.

      The one time I got such an e-mail I e-mailed them back asking why me. I didn't get a reply. It was my throw away email anyway. It gets so much junk mail I rarely read it and rarely check it. I'm trying to clean it out so I can have control of it again...but it's taking a long while.

    • 3 years ago
  • Vierotchka
  • Vierotchka
    • 0
      Vierotchka  

    • “Scam artists and internet predators often use these schemes to frighten people into paying large sums of money. This is extortion and may be prosecuted,” said Attorney General Jim Hood, “If you receive one of these emails it is probably a hoax, but I still recommend that you contact our Office and/or your local police or sheriffs department. Anytime a citizen receives a threat, by whatever means, it should be reported to the local law enforcement authorities.”

      Do not respond to these threatening e-mails. Report them to your local law enforcement authorities and the Attorney General’s Office. Anyone with concerns about a suspicious e-mail, may contact the Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division at http://www.ago.state.ms.us or 601-359-4230.

      WALTER SILLERS BUILDING • POST OFFICE BOX 220 • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39205-0220
      TELEPHONE (601) 359-3680

    • 3 years ago
  • Vierotchka
    • 0
      Vierotchka  
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    • Email Hoax Hits Mississippi
      May 05 2008

      Contact: Jan Schaefer
      Public Information Officer
      601/359.2002

      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

      Jackson, Miss-A threatening e-mail is making an appearance in Mississippi The e-mail is similar to other threatening hoaxes which have been reported in the state. Attorney General Jim Hood announced that his office has received several reports of an e-mail which involves a death threat to the recipient. The e-mail is most likely an extortion scam or hoax,. This particular e-mail is listed by the FBI at http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/escams.htm as an extortion scam and on several internet security sites as a hoax.

      The e-mail sender claims that he/she has been hired to kill the victim and states that the victim will be killed unless the victim pays a large sum of money to the e-mail sender. An example of such a e-mail is as follows:

      Hello I am very sorry for you Xxxxxx, 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 e-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 the person have spent a lot of money on this, the person also came to us 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 but I told them not to kill you since their findings shows that you are innocent. 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 now my men are monitoring you and they are telling me everything about you. Get back to me now if you are ready to pay some fees to spare your life, $12,000 is all you need to spend You will first of all pay $6,000 then I will send a tape to you which I recorded every conversation I had with the person who wanted you dead and as soon as you get the tape, you will pay the remaining $6,000 by hand. If you are not ready for my help, then I will carry on with my job immediately. I know that this is not a professional job am doing. This same person that paid me to kill you. Sent another assasin to kill me after I have Killed you. Not knowing the person he sent was a student of my school of killing static. 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, INCASE I NOTICE SOMETHING FUNNY. DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7M UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE TAPE OF MY 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. You are advice to contact me with this email as soon as you are ready for business. Email: skullman01@linuxmail.org this is to let you know that I am everywhere. Don’t Play a fast one on me. Or you will lose your life and that of your family.

    • 3 years ago
  • Vierotchka
    • 0
      Vierotchka  

    • I've just received another one, this time I traced it to the UK. It reads as follows:

      From: deadly Killers
      Date: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:06 PM
      Subject: AL-QAEDA SUICIDE NETWORKS
      To:

      Attention,
      we can see that you are playing with your life and also shying away from what you know which is warranting your death.many like you have been killed by our network due to ignorance..watch out for the next action from the AL-QAEDA SUICIDE NETWORKS .
      From ; THE AL-QAEDA SUICIDE NETWORKS

      * * * * *

      Since Current is the only place where I've posted this, besides interpol, it is not unlikely that someone registered with Current is the culprit.

    • 3 years ago
  • dedemetal
  • Enjoy_Cannabis
    • 0
      Enjoy_Cannabis  

    • LOL I guess they don't have cable , haven't they heard the country's going broke? $25,000? lmfao how bout 25 cents? It's funny how the entire world thinks every american is super rich and sadly they're not.

    • 3 years ago
  • Paul_Flynn
  • onechance
  • Vierotchka
    • 0
      Vierotchka  

    • My husband has just told me that for people living in the USA, such an email should be forwarded, with full headers, to the State Attorney General, and perhaps to the United States Attorney General, Justice Department, as well.

    • 3 years ago
  • themanwithadog
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      themanwithadog  
    • Vierotchka:

      Hi Vierotchka,

      This is very interesting reading but I, personally will take no notice if I were to receive the message and would confine it to the bin along with the many Nigerian offers to make me a wealthy man

      The senders are using the age old threat of fear by using the words "AL QAEDA" in the message.They assume that you will be filled with dread when you see these words.Tne thing you should consider is the fact that they are giving you an e-mail address.
      This is a definitely a mail from a moron/phsyco, call him what you may so you should have no worries.

      Since the United Nations branded AL Q a terrorist organisation they have never disclosed their whereabouts always working covertly so they are not going to start broadcasting in this manner and giving the authorities the ability to trace them.

      Keep smiling

    • 3 years ago
  • Vierotchka
    • 0
      Vierotchka  
    • Vierotchka:

      Oh, I realize all that, but some people receiving this might well fall for it. Moreover, besides the fraud aspect, death threats and extortion are serious criminal offenses - that is why it needs reporting to the police authorities.

    • 3 years ago
  • Chique
    • 0
      Chique  
    • Vierotchka:

      Yes, it obviously works with some people or they wouldn't keep trying. We had a similar scam involving a transaction where they actually sent a money order that, of course, proved to be phony. When we tried to turn it over to the authorities they pretty much shrugged it off.

    • 3 years ago
  • themanwithadog
    • 0
      themanwithadog  
    • Vierotchka:

      Ok Vierotchka I fully understand your points and agree with them.

      Many will be very worried if they were to receive this mail as it is intimidating in its content.

      The reason I appear to brush it off is that I am getting a bit long in the tooth having lived more than my alloted three score and ten years so every day I wake is a bonus to me and my family.

      I have served my country and gone through some hard ties but at the end of the day my motto is:- keep smiling.

      Laugh and the world laughs with you .Cry and you cry alone

    • 3 years ago
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