SMS Hoax Message Threatens Death - Comments

I have to say, despite how scary the message sounds, you'd have to be pretty gullible to really fall for something like that. I don't know if it's just me, but I've seen enough chain/spam messages to have my doubts when it comes to stuff like this.

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Tracking down the person who sent it shouldn't be an issue as he gave his E-Maill address witch makes it easy to find him for anyone with the right know how. I even managed to find accounts that belonged to him as well as IP's and I'm not some FBI agent with access to the Tracking Tools they have.

That's scary. I actually got an unknown call a few months ago... the person on the other line, in a very high pitch voice, said to me, "He he I'm going to kill you." I was absolutely terrified and hung up immediately. I told my parents about it but they told me not to worry, that it could have been one of my friends prank calling me. I'm still a bit scared.

To be honest, and no offense, but that message doesn't even really sound convincing. The "sum1" part actually made me shake my head. It doesn't look or sound legit enough, but that's just me. Regardless, that's pretty stupid to send to people and I hope no one actually gave up their money. Hopefully they catch the person(s) responsible. Like someone else said, if you want money, then go out and make your money like everybody else. People these days man.

I would just wonder who was it that paid this psycho to kill me... :)

Im hoping the police meant it in the sense that it's a hoax so not to worry.

Apparently the American FBI will be helping track down the source - that's what I heard on the radio this morning anyway.

That's creepy! I think the police were acting like everybody already knew that the message was a hoax, which is why they sounded like there was "nothing to worry about." Still, I would probably freak out about the message, even if I knew it was a hoax. Some people these days...

Wow, that is really messed up! And I thought the 419 e-mail scams were crazy. Be careful, you guys!

Even if it's spam, it's scary to get. You don't know if you should go to the police or not. They made sound like you can go to the police if someone death threats you.

That's scary!!! I don't think they should say it's "nothing to worry about". People in this world are crazy. Someone might take advantage of this and actually go through with it! WOW! Just wow.

That's crazy! But I can't believe that the police said that a death threat is nothing to contact the police about...

I got a couple of those messages (i'm from sydney, australia) and I just deleted them and forgot about them. Its amazing how someone could be so immature and foolish. Like seriously, if u want money, why dont u get a JOB like the rest of us. Honestly, some people need to grow up!

That is just terrible. :/

Wow... some people will do anything to get money.