Posted on 12/13/2018 2:22:01 PM PST by tuffydoodle
A wave of bomb threats were reported Thursday against businesses, schools, hospitals and other places across the country — causing panic and evacuations, although all appeared to be hoaxes.
Police in cities nationwide reported threats, some emailed, some phoned in.
The FBI in a statement said they were "aware of the recent bomb threats made in cities around the country, and we remain in touch with our law enforcement partners to provide assistance. As always, we encourage the public to remain vigilant and to promptly report suspicious activities which could represent a threat to public safety."
Authorities in New York City were monitoring “multiple bomb threats that have been sent electronically to various locations throughout the city,” the New York Police Department’s counterterrorism bureau said on Twitter.
“These threats are also being reported to other locations nationwide & are NOT considered credible at this time,” the NYPD said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Hello. I write you to inform you that my recruited person has hidden a bomb (tronitrotoluene) in the building where your business is located. My recruited person assembled an explosive device according to my instructions. It can be hidden anywhere because of its small size, it can not destroy the supporting building structure, but there will be many wounded people if it explodes. My recruited person keeps the building under the control. If any strange activity, panic or cop is noticed he will power the device. I can withdraw my recruited person if you pay. You pay me $20'000 in Bitcoin and the device will not explode, but do not try to cheat -I ensure you that I will call off my man solely after 3 confirmations in blockchain.
Here is my BTC address : 1LVZqNEUHnhGxZ2qgJApd3qbHWZtpMhkAo
You must transfer bitcoins by the end of the workday. If you are late with the transaction the bomb will detonate. Nothing personal this is just a business, if I do not receive the money and the explosive device explodes, next time other companies will pay me more bitcoins, because it isnt a one-time action. For security and anonymity , I will no longer enter this email account. I check my address every 30 minutes and if I see the transaction I will order my person to get away.
If an explosion occurred and the authorities notice this email: We arent a terrorist society and do not assume liability for acts of terrorism in other places.
So Hillary is finding other ways of shaking us down?
Pakistan or Nigeria? That is the question.
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Sorta sounds like an “English is Second Language” with the wording.
obama/hitlery operatives
It’s obvious email spam. If I had to take a wild guess, based on the language I’d say it came from a south Asian country.
Two thoughts:
1. Does anyone know William Ayers whereabouts?
2. What am I saying, he doesn’t do threats, he actually bombs things. This couldn’t possibly be him.
Could be Algeria too. That where a lot of those fake IRS calls come from.
This was just reported on Nashville news. Several emails were sent to places in TN as well, though not mentioned in this article. They said the emails were sent from another country but didn’t say which one.
“Pakistan or Nigeria? That is the question.”
Russia seems to be the source for all of them so far.
Estimate thousands perhaps tens of thousands threats nationwide today. All bogus
I wonder if anyone, anywhere, tried to pay “ransom” to this account...
Sounds like it was written by tech support offshore.
Yep
the NBC tv station in South Bend, Indiana, said on its evening news that they received one of these threats today.
I can’t believe anyone would be stupid enough to take this seriously and send bitcoin but judging by the news, businesses are taking it seriously enough to evacuate. I’m not sure why I got one, the only business I do is in the bathroom. Hey, maybe I should check behind the toilet?!
Sounds like an FBI Op to me.
The good thing was they WERE bogus. Just one being the real deal would have been bad.
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