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Australians Receive SMS Death Threats

Posted by timothy on from the get-to-the-next-payphone dept.

beaverdownunder writes "Many Aussies across New South Wales and South Australia had a bit of a shock this morning when they received an SMS threatening them with assassination. Although somewhat varied, the messages have typically read, 'Someone paid me to kill you. If you want me to spare you, I'll give you two days to pay $5000. If you inform the police or anybody, you will die, I am monitoring you', and signed with the e-mail address killerking247@yahoo.com. Police and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission have warned that the messages are almost certainly fake, and that no dialogue should be entered into with scammers." I hope "almost certainly" is droll understatement.

2 of 192 comments (clear)

  1. Re:This isn't fair! by f3rret · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I paid good money to have you guys assassinated.

    They should have sent these SMS to the MPAA, RIAA crminals as well as the bought out Congress senators.
    Hilarity ensues.

    Hillarity and terrorism investigations.

    People would end up in Guantanomo over this.

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    Admit nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter-accusations.
  2. Re:Seems a very muted response by Antarius · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'd love to argue with you and point out instances where you're mistaken, but I'm buggered if I can.

    Between our Patriot-Act-inspired anti-terrorism laws that came in for our good buddy Dubbya; our support for ACTA; our one-sided Free Trade Agreement which screws ourselves; and now the US Marines base in the Northern Territory (because Woomera wasn't enough).

    Well, we've effectively ceded control over ourselves to the US.

    I'm all for supporting our allies, and the US provides us with great protection, but we're legislating ourselves into being conquered.