I Received a Death Threat does that mean I'm important

 I think I've seen it all now.  Me, little old me.  Non - millionaire me receiving a death threat.  A ransom note to be exact.   

So I wonder what it was?  My jet setting lifestyle?  My ford explorer?  It couldn't be my latest Walmart top,  maybe I really should throw away those old worn Ralph Lauren tops.  Oh' well someone thinks I'm important. hee-hee.  

 Normally I would have found something like this threatening and scary.  But honestly I just had to laugh.  I must get 25 phishing emails a day.  Easy to spot right away.  Deleted without reading but really how could I pass up reading an email with this in it's title (all big and bold and everything):

SOMEONE WANT TO KILL YOU‏

And the blackmailer was nice enough to leave his name too.  Gotta love that English.  Well needless to say, after seeing their  command of the English language I couldn't take it anymore serious then I do the love letters and important inheritance emails I receive.  After reading this you will probably be cracking up just like me.  This guys morals make him keep his part of the bargain, i.e. killing me, since he was already paid for it.  Yet my paying him could help him  forget all about his promise.  Best of all I love it when they try to throw in some English slang like "straight up".  Just too funny, though I do think instead of just marking this as another phishing email I should contact the cyber police or somebody.  

Oh' well here it is for you to read for yourselves.  And by the way if I ever become a social celebrity I'll be sure to let all of you know before you read it in People magazine.

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I am very sorry for you; It 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 for me 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 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 us that he want you dead and he provided us with your name ,picture and other necessary information's we needed about you. So I have sent my boy's to track you down with the information given to us 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 we have find out that you are some how innocent not too sure as yet.


I called my client back and ask him of your 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, $3,800 is all you need to spend. You will first of all pay $3000usd then I will send a tape to you which I recorded every discussion I had with the person who wanted you dead and as soon as you get the tape, you will pay the remaining $800. 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 TELLING ANYONE BECAUSE I WILL KNOW. REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL WANTS YOU DEAD! I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY, INCASE I NOTICE SOMETHING FUNNY. DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7:PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE TAPE OF MY DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON WHO WANT YOU DEAD THEN YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION. GOOD LUCK AS I AWAIT YOUR REPLY VERY URGENT
THANKS.


MR. STEVEN YORK