Scamicide
  • Scam of the Day
  • Coronavirus Scams
  • Speaker Request
  • Contact Us
  • About Steve
  • Scams
    • List of Scams
    • Scam of the Day
    • Trending Scams
    • Coronavirus Scams
    • FTC Scam Refunds
    • Identity Theft
  • Books
  • Videos
  • Reviews
Select Page
  • Home
  • About Steve
  • Scams
    • List of Scams
    • Scam of the Day
    • Trending Scams
    • Coronavirus Scams
    • FTC Scam Refunds
    • Identity Theft
  • Books
  • Videos
  • Speaking Engagements
  • Reviews

Scam of the day – January 29, 2013 – Hitman scam revisited

by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 29, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related

It was more than a year ago that I wrote in the January 16, 2012 ” scam of the day” about the “hitman scam” and it still is making its way around the country.  This scam, which appears to have originated in Eastern Europe, involves your receiving an email, such as the one copied below in which you are told that someone has hired a hitman to kill you, but that for a price, he will not do the job for which he was hired.  Obviously, this is a distressing email to receive and unwary victims of the scam pay the money which is a big mistake.  It is a scam.  No hitman is contacting you and your best course of action is to ignore the email.

TIPS

Indications that the email is a scam include the fact that is entirely lacking in specific details about you.  It does not use your name or other identifying information.  In the phony email below, as you see it is addressed to “Friend.”  In addition it does not provide any details about who has hired the hitman, where you live or any other details that would take this out of a generic, mass produced scam email.   It also contains much of the poor grammar found in many email scams originating in foreign countries.  If you receive this email and have any concerns that it might be real, report it to the local police.  If you are convinced that it is a scam, report it to the Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov.

Text from hit man email scam:

Good Day Friend.
Am very sorry for you my friend, is a pity that this is how your life  is going to end as soon as you don’t comply. As you can see there is  no need of introducing myself to you because I don’t have any business with you, my duty as I am mailing you now is just to KILL/ASSASINATE  you and I have to do it as I have already been paid for that.
Someone you call a friend wants you Dead by all means, and the person  have spent a lot of money on this, the person also came to us and told  me that he want you dead and he provided us with your name, picture  and other necessary information’s we needed about you. So I sent my  boys to track you down and they have carried out the necessary  investigation needed for the operation on you, and they have done that  but I told them not to kill you that I will like to contact you and  see if your life is Important to you or not since their findings shows  that you are innocent.
I called my client back and ask him of you email address which I  didn’t tell him what I wanted to do with it and he gave it to me and I  am using it to contact you now. As I am writing to you now my men are  monitoring you and they are telling me everything about you.
Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? As someone has paid us to kill you.  Get back to me now if you are ready to pay some fees to spare your  life, If you are not ready for my help, then I will carry on with my  job straight-up.
WARNING: DO NOT THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE OR EVEN TELL ANYONE  BECAUSE I WILL KNOW. REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL WANT  YOU DEAD! I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY, INCASE I NOTICE SOMETHING  FUNNY.
DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7:30PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND  GIVE YOU THE TAPE OF MY DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON WHO WANT YOU DEAD  AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLIED WITH MY DEMANDS, THEN YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE  ANY LEGAL ACTION. GOOD LUCK AS I AWAIT YOUR REPLY
Regards
Don Vanuchi

Search Scams

  • Categories

Archives

  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • September 2011

SIGN UP FOR OUR BLOG

Join 4,251 other subscribers
Copyright ©2019 Scamicide. All Rights Reserved.