Sep 14 2010
Victorian police are advising people to be wary of a scam email which threatens the recipients with violence or death if they don't pay an amount of cash.
Investigators at the E-Crime Squad have received several inquiries in the past fortnight from people who have received the emails.
The messages claim to be from hitmen who have been hired to kill the receiver unless they send a quantity of cash.
They are often sent to randomly generated email addresses or addresses extracted from computer address books through malware (malicious software).
In those cases, the scammers don't know the email has reached a live email address until the recipient responds.
Detective Inspector John Manley at the E-Crime Squad advised against replying to the emails, as it signalled to the senders they had reached a live account and could lead to an escalation of the intimidation.
"If the email seems targeted to the receiver, they should not be overly worried as scammers can sometimes incorporate their intended victims' personal details in these emails," he said.
Anyone who may have received the scam email is asked to contact their local police station and report it to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's SCAMwatch.
SOURCE: NineMsn
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