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City of Seattle
Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor
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NEWS ADVISORY
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| SUBJECT: Email Scam Includes Hit-Man Threats
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
5/10/2007 3:00:00 PM |
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeff Kappel (206) 684-5520
Police Media Relations (206) 684-5520
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Email Scam Includes Hit-Man Threats
SEATTLE—A new scam cropping up in e-mail boxes is preying on Seattle residents. The scam e-mail, which first appeared in December, threatens to kill recipients if they do not pay thousands of dollars to the sender, who purports to be a hired assassin.
The extortion scam does not appear to target anyone specifically and we have not received any reports of money loss or threats carried out.
We are advising citizens that this is a HOAX. Do not engage the sender as this signals to the sender that they’ve reached a live account. The best defense is to protect your personal information as best you can and to delete unopened, unsolicited SPAM e-mail.
If citizens should have additional questions or comments about this or any Internet scam they may go to IC3.gov, which is the Internet Crimes Complaint Center.
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