WTF Email?

[Goldknight]

A friend of mine at work got this email:

Subject: Do you want to LIVE OR DIE?...Get back to me
Sunday, October 12, 2008 1:06 AM
From:"Don Panuchi" <donpanuchi@aol.com>

To: undisclosed-recipients
Dear Friend,

Goodday to you.

Am very sorry for you my friend, is a pity that this is how your life is
going to end as soon as you don't comply. As you can see there is no need
of introducing myself to you because I don't have any business with you,
my duty as I am mailing you now is just to KILL/ASSASINATE you and I have
to do it as I have already been paid for that.

Someone you call a friend wants you Dead by all means, and the person have
spent a lot of money on this, the person also came to us and told me that
he want you dead and he provided us with your name, picture and other
necessary information's we needed about you. So I sent my boys to track
you down and they have carried out the necessary investigation needed for
the operation on you, and they have done that but I told them not to kill
you that I will like to contact you and see if your life is Important to
you or not since their findings shows that you are innocent.

I called my client back and ask him of you email address which I didn't
tell him what I wanted to do with it and he gave it to me and I am using
it to contact you now. As I am writing to you now my men are monitoring
you and they are telling me everything about you.

Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? As someone has paid us to kill you. Get
back to me now if you are ready to pay some fees to spare your life, If
you are not ready for my help, then I will carry on with my job
straight-up.

WARNING: DO NOT THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE OR EVEN TELL ANYONE BECAUSE
I WILL KNOW. REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL WANT YOU DEAD! I
WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY, INCASE I NOTICE SOMETHING FUNNY.

DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7:30PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND
GIVE YOU THE TAPE OF MY DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON WHO WANT YOU DEAD AFTER
YOU HAVE COMPLIED WITH MY DEMANDS, THEN YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL
ACTION. GOOD LUCK AS I AWAIT YOUR REPLY

Regards
Don Panuchi

So my question is.....since it says that it was sent to multiple recips and obviously is a scam then has anyone else seen something like this before? I never have and regardless of its intent I feel it should be reported. I just can't believe how sick people are.

[Gonzai]

Ok, that is just nuts. It never ceases to amaze
me the lengths that people will go to scam. Worst
part is, if that falls into the hands of someone gullible
enough, I am sure they wil make a killing (no pun intended)
off of this.

[Killua]

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/b ... n_scam.htm

[ReiTheJelly]

That is really sick. I would contact the police about it. Even though it is obviously a scam, it is still a threat against your person. Leave it to the police to figure out who this person is and arrest them. Doesn't the FBI have a division just for crap like this?

[iwakuralain16]

Per that urbanlegends website,

The FBI encourages recipients of the scam message to file a report online at www.ic3.gov (the Internet Crime Complaint Center).

Id do it! ahaha

[Cloud]

I can see you.

[iwakuralain16]

I can see you.

[RoboFlonne]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26797741/

these spammers can make $20,000 a day!

For Soloway, spamming was easy and lucrative. “I made it, $20,000 a day. And I spent $20,000 a day,” he boasted.

The Spam King is going to federal prison for 4 years!

[Goldknight]

Thanks everyone for the info. I just can't believe people. Unreal. I'll pass this info along to my co-worker.