Silverman Helps posts a warning on a new scam designed to frighten money out of you.
If you receive the following email (complete with the incorrect spelling) don't answer it.
It's only meant to prey on your fears - and your bank account.
Here's the text of the message to watch out for.
SUBJECT: BE MORE CARFUL.
A am very Very sorry for you, is a pity that this is how your life is going to end is a pity but I will like to give you some chance to help your self if you will like to.
As you can see there is no need of introducing my self to you because I don't have any business with you, My work as I am talking to you now is just to kill you and I have to do it as I have already been paid for that.
Some one that I will not like to tell you the name now but a friend of yours came to us and told me that he want you dead and he provided us with your name ,picture and other information about you and I sent my boys to track you down cary on some invastigation 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. I called my client back and ask him of you email which I didn't tell him what I want 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 there telling me every thing about you. So I will like to know if you will Like to live or die as some one has paid for us to kill you. I am given you just two days to get back to me if you are ready to pay $20,000 or I will carry on with my job.
WARNING: DO NOT CONTACT POLICE OR TELL ANY ONE, FOR I DO THAT I WILL KNOW AND I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY.
DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7:PM UNTILL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE VEDIO TAPE OF MY DISCOUSION WITH THE PERSON WHO WHANT YOU DEAD THEN YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION ON HIM. GOOD LUCK AS I AWAIT YOUR REPLY.
If you still feel threatened after receiving this message or have any concerns, contact the police and the OPP-RCMP anti-scam organization PhoneBusters at
1-888-495-8501 or
click here for more information.