SCARS™ Anti-Scam FAQ: Death Threat Hoax

The FBI has warned consumers about death threats being made through emails that state “I will be short. I’ve got an order to kill you.”

The email then demands money or bitcoin as a payout from the email recipients. Other versions of the scam could state that a “hitman has been hired to kill” them. This scam is very aggressive and threatening in nature to convince people that they have to pay or else.