New Extortion Email Threatens to Send a Hitman Unless You Pay 4K

guest · Dec 18, 2018

New Extortion Email Threatens to Send a Hitman Unless You Pay 4K
December 18, 2018
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...threatens-to-send-a-hitman-unless-you-pay-4k/

Extortion emails are getting wilder and wilder. First we had sextortion scams that threatened to reveal victims doing dirty deeds on video, then bomb threats, which brought the worlwide attention of law enforcement, and now we have threats that a hitman is targeting the recipient unless they pay $4,000 in bitcoin.

The email goes on to say that someone came to the site to hire a hitman to target the recipient for an "instant and pain-free" execution. The owner of the site, though, is willing to call the hitman off if they receive $4,000 in bitcoin. As an extra bonus, they will also "remove the hitman".

Now the scammers were threatening physical harm and instead of quietly sending some bitcoin to avoid embarrassment, recipients reported the emails to law enforcement.
Due to this, these types of scam emails have gained worldwide visibility, the scrutiny of law enforcement, and the awareness that the previous scams did not have.
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