The FBI
is currently aware of a nationwide attempt to extort ethnic business owners, mostly
of Asian descent, through telephonic threats of violence. The telephone
calls appear to be originating from foreign countries. The caller acquires an adequate
amount of open source information about the victim through Internet searches. This
misleads the victim into believing the subject has personal knowledge about the
victim. There have been no reported incidents of violence
actually perpetrated to date.
Individuals who receive phone calls or e-mails containing threats of violence and
their personally identifiable information (PII)
are encouraged to contact law enforcement as well as file a complaint at
www.IC3.gov.
The FBI is currently aware of a nationwide attempt to extort ethnic business owners, mostly of Asian descent, through telephonic threats of violence. The telephone calls appear to be originating from foreign countries. The caller acquires an adequate amount of open source information about the victim through Internet searches. This misleads the victim into believing the subject has personal knowledge about the victim. There have been no reported incidents of violence actually perpetrated to date.
Individuals who receive phone calls or e-mails containing threats of violence and their personally identifiable information (PII) are encouraged to contact law enforcement as well as file a complaint at www.IC3.gov.
