Threatening Email Scam

LONGVIEW – Longview police are alerting area residents to an email scam that has surfaced. It tells the recipient they “can run, but can never hide.” According to the email, someone close to them has paid to have them killed. It says “my colleagues has been in your state right now keeping eye’s on every steps you make”. The email then asks for lump sums of money and to email the scammer at a specific email address. Longview police spokesman Kristie Brian says not to open emails that come from email addresses you don’t recognize or may look suspicious. In this case, like many other scams, the scam artists use threats, bad language, and intimidation to scare the victim into sending them cash or some other form of payment.