Death Threat
This is fun: an assassination threat and - presumably - extortion attempt. It appears to have been sent from the web server of a reputable company using PHP mail header injection.
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 23:49:26 -0700 To: andy@hexten.net Subject: Hello, I wish to let you know that i have been paid by a client to assasinate you at convenience,and i have signed a contract of $650,000 yesterday for this.I have never met you before,but they gave me the full description of your identity and contact,together with your photograph which my boys have used to trace you. The reason why they want you Dead is not disclosed to me as i was not allowed to know,but you are now not better that the dead ok. My BOYS are now contantly watching you,they are following you- home,office,everywhere.....,you go and they are waiting for my instruction to terminate you.And they will strike at convenience. THIS IS MY MESSAGE- LISTEN VERY WELL !!!!,the Police cannot do much to help you out in this right now because you are being watched,any such attempt is very risky cause you will push us to terminate your life without option. Your calls are not safe also.In fact you are traced. I have no business with you but at least i have cleared the way as a pro- ,but you may have one chance to live again if you can contact me not latter that 24 hours after this mssage. GOODLUCK!!!
May 8th, 2007 at 10:03 am
“i have been paid by a client to assasinate you at convenience”
Simple. Just never go to the toilet again.
By the way, your blockquote text crashes into the sidebar text in Mozilla…
May 8th, 2007 at 10:11 am
This post seems to have broken my Google reader as well - it tells me there’s an unread message, but can’t actually show it to me. Even unsubscribing and resubscribing didn’t fix it. How odd.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:15 am
Oops.
Can’t help with Google Reader but I’ve made the text a bit narrower :)
May 8th, 2007 at 10:20 am
Is it because you is C++ ?
May 8th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Heh! A jihaad on your bloated language!
May 8th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Ah, Google Reader is done fixed itself.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
It was nice knowing you Andy :)
May 8th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
I should really freak everyone out by not rep…
May 9th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
It was nice of them to inform you they’re going to kill you.
May 9th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
I’m flattered that somebody wants me dead that badly :)
May 9th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Crap i never knew you would publish my emails HAHAHHAHAH just kidding
Anyway i wonder did you contact them, just for fun to see what they really want. I would have written an email back !!!!
Who knows you might get an answer which you can also publish here!!
regards Bastiaan
May 9th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
I considered it.
I was concerned that if the from address was forged I’d completely freak someone out.
Obviously if the address is forged it’s hard to see how I’d contact them to plead for my life - but spam with no apparent purpose isn’t unheard of.
But yeah - I probably should :)
May 9th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
“home,office,everywhere”
They obviously know you well. How did they keep up with you on your daily commute to the office…
May 13th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
I was talking about this at lunch with some friends from London. They said that a few years ago a similar style of message had been sent anonymously to a number of Chief Executives and other big wigs in the City. The message was quite simple:
“Dear …
They know everything. They are watching your every move. Trust no one. Leave the country as soon as possible.
A Friend”
As a result of this at least one person is believed to have committed suicide.
May 13th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Yeah - it occured to me that there must be some people for whom it would have been much more plausible. Anyway, I’m still here :)
May 16th, 2007 at 10:07 am
I am still watching you Andy, and now get that finger out of your nose i see everything LOL
Anyway did you ever reply to them? Just for the fun of it!
regards Bastiaan
May 16th, 2007 at 11:00 am
I am still watching you Andy, and now get that finger out of your nose i see everything LOL
Eek!
No I didn’t reply. I probably should. I’m bored waiting for the hit :)
May 16th, 2007 at 11:38 am
I find it slightly odd that you categorise this post as “culture” :)