Phil O'Keefe Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 I got this in an email today, and I pass it along completely unedited for your information: ***************************** From : kickforkick@terra.es Reply-To : "kickforkick@terra.es" Sent : Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:14 AMTo : undisclosed-recipients:Subject : BE MORE CAREFUL. Go to previous message | Go to next message | Junk E-Mail | InboxWe've identified this mail as junk. Please tell us if we were right or wrong by clicking Junk or Not Junk 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 the person have spent a lot of money on this, the person also came to us and told me that he want 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 or not since their findings shows that you are innocent. I called my client back and ask him of you email address which I didn'ttell 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. Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? As someone has paid us to kill you. Get back to me now if you are ready to pay some fees to spare your life, $30,000 is all you need to spend You will first of all pay $15,000 then I will send the tape to you and when the tape get to you, you will pay the remaining $15,000. 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 TELL 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 7RazzM 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 YOURREPLY Ahora tambi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pilotcp Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 isn't that against the law to threaten someone's life like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 ... and they used an account for a site from Spain... I guess they are not your neighbors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 It's one thing for Phil O'Keefe, heavily-armed retired Marine, to get an email like that. Quite another for Miss Mavis Weatherby, slightly senile 85 year old retired schoolteacher living in Coral Gables, to get that. Those bastards need to be hunted down like dogs and made to eat their fried, severed scrotums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jon Doe Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 Haha. Hit-men e-mailing the victim. funny stuff. Hey Phil, if the unthinkable happenss I get your stereo, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members coyote-1 Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 And I got dibs on the Ric 4003. Haha. Hit-men e-mailing the victim. funny stuff. Hey Phil, if the unthinkable happenss I get your stereo, right? You DO have one of those, right? If not, the hit-man's wasting his effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brewgoodbeer Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 While I am certain it is a scam, it is very unnerving. This kind of thing really bothers me. Why must people try and take advantage of people like this? There is probably no way to trace something like this or even to try to get authorites to investigate it. However it really raises my blood pressure thinking that they have truly frightened some innocent person to try and extort money from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lancaster Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 That's the worst one I've ever seen. The fact that it contains an explicit death threat means that the FBI would persue this on your behalf. Because this is waaay over the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 isn't that against the law to threaten someone's life like that? Add to the crime of death threat, the crime of extortion. Add to that, laws in place adding penalties for threatening people with physical harm over the internet. Add to that a whole bunch of stuff, I'm thinking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 Of course, the fact that EVERYONE in your bridge club got one, too, should tell you something... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Charles Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 I'm thinking I'd offer to pay the 15 large and try to get contact info, then forward the whole bit to the proper authorities. That is definitely some sick sheite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spokenward Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 That's way too much money for a hit. This is why Europe is not competitive in our market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Xance Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 wow... I'm guessing they are from Nigeria and they would never be punished even if you reported them to the FBI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kendrix Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 Phil, Did you diss someones favorite piece of gear or something? Some of these geeky engineers can be pretty sensitive. OTOH, the tone smacks of a producer's ego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axe2 2001 Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 The funny part is the "Get back to me on this"!! And I was thinkin the grammer is way too good for Nigeria. No offense to Nigerians... But that is troubling that someone would go to this extreme... sick world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted May 30, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 30, 2007 That's horrible! Somebody paid that guy good money for a hit and now he's double dipping. Kidding. Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lee Flier Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 Yeah, definitely turn this one over to the FBI, and don't get personally involved at all. Death threats, extortion, all sorts of stuff in here is against the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boosh Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 You will first of all pay $15,000 then I will send the tape to you and when the tape get to you, you will pay the remaining $15,000. Well the guys that MIX IN THE BOX are no longer suspects.... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spokenward Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 Take an odd bit of syntax: I called my client back and ask him of you email address which I didn't and try it enclosed in quotes in Google or Yahoo search. This has been circulating since early May. Someone has called it "Death by Spam" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mosby Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 That's way too much money for a hit.This is why Europe is not competitive in our market. Two best responses in this thread. I literally sprayed coffee when reading these. Especially the ITB one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 I've never seen this. Or maybe I have, but I've been on the Net long enough to sniff out spam by the body of the email, no need to read a single word. I might have not been killed but the email probably was within half a second. I love how ambiguous and generic the email is. Maybe a slightly better version would use your user1D as your name. Something like: Dear Sp0ngeB0b2322: I am very sorry for you, is a pity that this is how your life is going to end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 Some aburrido person in Spain no habla ingl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ani Posted May 31, 2007 Members Share Posted May 31, 2007 However it really raises my blood pressure thinking that they have truly frightened some innocent person to try and extort money from them. You ARE kidding, right??? With Homeland Security in full effect???? Phil, if you have not done so already, forward the original email to the US Postal Inspection Service if you have not deleted it. The original email will contain the sender's IP address. Also, the University of Arizona has issued a warning about the "death threat" spam and is encouraging ANYONE that receives an email of such content to forward the email to them for further investigations; they are teaming with the FBI in efforts to resolve the issue. Here's the link... http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/kmsb-20070509-apjc-uapolicewarning.514bc5e2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ggm1960 Posted May 31, 2007 Members Share Posted May 31, 2007 Now you write them back "I'm prepared to pay the money just give me your bank account numbers and I'll transfer the funds right away". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members offramp Posted May 31, 2007 Members Share Posted May 31, 2007 Now you write them back "I'm prepared to pay the money just give me your bank account numbers and I'll transfer the funds right away". :lol::lol::lol: PERFECT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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