NEW Scam targeting registrants
Courtesy of our affiliates at Texas Voices, we are learning of a new scam targeting persons on the registry.
People are receiving letters in the mail with no return address, but personalized to them. The letter demands payment of money via bitcoin or they will notify all their neighbors of their status, their employers, their family members’ associates, church congregation, etc.
A copy of this letter can be found here:Extortion Letter
If you receive this letter, notify the FBI immediately! You can find your local FBI office here: https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us
We MUST take action and insist law enforcement prepare a report and follow through. Enough is enough!
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I toss out mail with no return address. His threats are empty. He will only follow up on the suckers who give in. All our information is public so everybody already knows. So who gives a fu¢k?
So has anybody confirmed if he even follows up on these threats? I get the fear, but there’s no way I would pay this guy. I would shine him and eventually he would give up and move on to the next. I don’t see how he can find out so much information unless people have all of this stuff on their social media sites. seems like a total bluff to me.
These scammers usually go for the low hanging fruit – the guys who just blindly pay the extortion. What’s their incentive in doing the work?
I find it hard to believe that his bitcoin account can not be discovered by law enforcement.
Thanks for the heads up. This latest scam only compounds as evidence that not only the Registry is useless to the public but engenders criminal activity.
From acts of violence to fraudulent scams, these things are made possible because of the Registry and therefore the government is accountable for these incidents.
Awesome analysis Bill. It creates a list for us to targeted by others and to use the registry as punishment because it saying we have no protection from others.
This is heinous and this person is despicable. A great example for why the public registry should be abolished. Thank you FAC for keeping us informed.
Good morning, although this concept is unsettling… It is a reality for registrants. I think we have to remember this concept of scam calls is not unique to anyone.
I truly feel the best way to combat this issue here’s what we are doing… Knowledge… We have learned overtime that you cannot necessarily rely on law enforcement. Let’s rely on each other, keep on spreading the word… Let other registrants know that they are not alone and arm them with our knowledge.
This should be enough reason to get the registry obliterated. This is proof enough (as well as the murders that have occurred to registrants) that such a registry opens the door to harassment.
Obviously there are people who don’t care that it’s illegal to use the registry to harass those who are on it.