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Subject:Re: A threat on my life
From:David Beierl
Date:Tue, 4 May 2010 09:29:57 -0400

At 08:13 AM 5/4/2010, John Rodgers wrote:
>Has anyone gotten this? Or anything like it? Not funny!!

It's ba-a-a-a-c-k... Not funny for sure, but it's a hoax.  Disregard
it.  If you're curious, check out some of these:

FBI Says To Ignore E-mail Death Threats -- FBI -- InformationWeek

Feb 26, 2008 ... The threat is a hoax, the FBI said. The agency
received more than 100 complaints the last time the e-mail threat
started showing up in ...
www.informationweek.com/news/.../showArticle.jhtml?... - Cached - Similar

FBI warns users on death threat email scam

6 posts - Last post: Jun 23, 2009
Re: FBI warns users on death threat email scam. Withheld for legal
reasons -- Friday, April 25, 2008, at 4:31 a.m.(pst) ...
www.friendsinbusiness.com/board1/index.cgi/.../119501 - Cached - Similar

Death Threat Emails Resurface | WebProNews

Feb 27, 2008 ... I received the 'death threat' email. FYI. I received
the above mentioned email so I clicked on your link to the 'CENTER'
to report it BUT ...
www.webpronews.com/.../02/.../death-threat-emails-resurface - Cached - Similar

Scam contract killer email blackmails recipients with death threat

Jan 11, 2007 ... Assassination email may put vulnerable internet users at risk.
www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/.../deathphish.html - Cached - Similar

Email Death Threat: The Hitman Email Scam Makes a Comeback - The ...

If you receive a death threat email, you're in good company. The
so-called "Hitman email" scam has made a comeback. Around since at
least 2006, ...
www.theinternetpatrol.com/email-death-threat-the-hitman-email-scam-makes-a-comeback/
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Death threats by email at What's All This Brouhaha?

May 5, 2007 ... I just received this death threat by email. I can't
imagine that anyone would actually be willing to spend $650K to kill me. ...
whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/.../death-threat-received-by-email/ -
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Email death threat spreads - CNET News

Sep 30, 2009 ... A death threat spam that frightened America Online
members now has spread to Yahoo Mail. A CNET article by Beth Lipton
Krigel, Staff Writer, ...
news.cnet.com/2100-1023-213004.html - Cached - Similar

02/12/08, Public Safety Alert: "Death Threat" E-mail Scam ...

Feb 12, 2008 ... The Division of Public Safety is issuing a public
safety alert after receiving numerous inquiries concerning a
threatening e-mail that has ...
www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v54/n21/email.html - Cached - Similar

Death Threat Email Scams

Mar 12, 2010 ... April 16th, 2009 | Tags: cyber crime, cyber crime
scams, Death Threat Email Scams, death threat scams, Email Scams,
extortion scam, ...
www.419legal.org/blog/category/death-threat-email-scams/ - Cached - Similar

Death Threat Email: Did you get one recently?

Mar 14, 2008 ... This scam would claim to have a contract out on your
life and would demand a ransom to spare it.