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New E-Mail Scam: Pay Assassins Or Be Killed
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Posted by Donster on: 2007-05-01 14:50:01 618
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By Sharon Gaudin, InformationWeek
Wealthy professionals are being hit this week with a new e-mail extortion scam that's set up to appear to be assassins who will murder the recipient if he or she doesn't send them thousands of dollars.
According to SecureWorks, the scammer tells the recipient that he has been hired to "terminate" them but for a fee, he is willing to not go through with it.
"i have being paid a ransom in advance to terminate you with some reasons listed to me by my employer, i have followed you closely for one week and five days now and have seen that you are innocent of the accusation," one e-mail reads. "Do not contact the police or try to send a copy of this to them, because if you do i will know, and might be compelled to do what i have being paid to do, besides this is the first time i turned out to be a betrayer in my job."
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Guess I won't have to worry about getting this e-mail. 
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