FBI Probes 'Hit Man' e-Mail Scheme in Pennsylvania
An AP newswire article, via SFGate.com, reports that:
Dentists, doctors, lawyers and other professionals in the Pittsburgh area have been targeted by a "hit man" e-mail scheme, receiving messages that tell them to pay up to spare their lives, the FBI said.More here.
The e-mail, which was sent to most recipients around Christmas, tells the reader that there is a contract out on his life, generally for $50,000. It says that if the recipient sends the "hit man" more money than that — generally ranging from $80,000 to $150,000 — the hit man will leave him alone.
No one has reportedly lost money or been harmed in the scam, but some recipients were unnerved by the messages, said Special Agent Bill Shore, who supervises the computer crime squad in the Pittsburgh FBI office.
posted by Fergie @ 1/09/2007 01:12:00 PM
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