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Dozens of bomb threats by ‘Bitcoin scammers’ hit several US states Dozens of bomb threats by ‘Bitcoin scammers’ hit several US states
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Scores of similar emailed bomb threats have been reported to police in multiple US states, prompted panic and evacuations as the culprits demanded payment in the form of Bitcoin while threatening to otherwise cause “many victims.” Scores of similar, emailed bomb threats have been reported to police in multiple US states, prompting panic and evacuations, as the culprits demanded payment in Bitcoin form, and threatened to cause “many victims” otherwise.
Threats were made mostly via-email to seemingly random locations like schools, businesses, stores, attorneys offices and even a Zoo, police said. Threats were made, mostly via email, to seemingly random locations like schools, businesses, stores, attorneys’ offices and even to a Zoo, police said.
So far, threats have been reported in New York, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Louisiana, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Utah, California and Mississippi. So far, reports of the sinister demands have been received in New York, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Louisiana, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Utah, California and Mississippi.
Police in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said they had "found no credible evidence" that any of the email threats in the area were "authentic." Police in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said they had “found no credible evidence” that any of the email threats in the area were "authentic.”
The emails claim that an explosive device is hidden and "covered up carefully" in the building in question. If it is detonated, the author writes, there will be "many victims." The emails claim that an explosive device was hidden and "covered up carefully" in the building in question. If it were detonated, the author writes, there would be "many victims."
Earlier on Thursday, more than two dozen schools were placed on lockdown in Colorado following false threats about explosive devices planted at Columbine High, the high school where the infamous 1999 school shooting took place. Earlier on Thursday, more than two dozen schools were placed on lockout in Colorado, following false threats about explosive devices planted at Columbine High, the high school where the infamous 1999 school shooting took place.
The emails say the bombs won't be detonated if a payment of $20,000 is made in Bitcoin. "If you are late with the money the device will detonate," they read. The emails pledged that the bombs wouldn't be detonated if a payment of $20,000 were made in Bitcoin. "If you are late with the money the device will detonate," they read.
The NYPD's counterterrorism department said on Twitter that it was monitoring multiple threats sent to various locations in the city, noting that similar threats had been seen nationwide and are "not considered credible."The NYPD's counterterrorism department said on Twitter that it was monitoring multiple threats sent to various locations in the city, noting that similar threats had been seen nationwide and are "not considered credible."
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