Re: [nznog] New spam type - death threats?

Philip, you are way out of line. This is a death threat and must be reported to the police, and chased to make sure they do act. We are about the only group who would laugh at this type of threat. Many people would feel threatened (phishing attacks do have successes) even though they would think it mistaken identity. Scott, how about keeping us informed of how the police react? I must admit I found the Yahoo travel ad at the end rather deliciously amusing. Regards Pete Macaulay Philip D'Ath wrote:

Absolutely zero point in doing this.

You'll be lucky if the Police are interested in even taking the complaint, and even if they do, you can be sure at most you'll just be a statistic.

Basically the Police are only interested if someone is in immediate harm, and even then I wouldn't be confident in getting a response.

But I deviate from the point of this list, network operations.

-----Original Message----- From: Glenn Enright [mailto:glenn.enright(a)gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 22 August 2007 8:51 a.m. To: nznog Subject: Re: [nznog] New spam type - death threats?

Alternatively, while you might not take it too seriously, under law its a pretty big deal. Personal death threats are a criminal offence. I'd be forwarding it on to the local authorities, even if it proves impossible to trace the email.

On 22/08/07, Barry Murphy wrote:

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That's got to be a first for me too (*updates spamassasin*) but also

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funniest thing i've ever seen, thanks for sharing :)

Regards Barry Murphy

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