Schools, Jewelry stores, businesses and various other institutions are receiving bomb threats via email. It seems the scammers behind it have moved on from blackmail to the threat of violence. In St. Louis, two bomb threats have been reported. One at Troy South Middle School and the second at a Maryland Heights business. Police have not confirmed if those threats were part of the nationwide hoax.
We are currently monitoring multiple bomb threats that have been sent electronically to various locations throughout the city.
These threats are also being reported to other locations nationwide & are NOT considered credible at this time. pic.twitter.com/GowGG4oZ9l
— NYPDCounterterrorism (@NYPDCT) December 13, 2018
Breaking 911 Reports Police departments in several states were reporting bomb threats at seemingly random locations on Thursday.
Threats to various businesses, schools, jewelry stores, attorney’s offices and even Zoos were made–mostly via email.
The states include, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Louisiana, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Utah, California, Mississippi and Nebraska. The list is growing.
Police say the emails demand payment in the form of Bitcoins.
The Bitcoin-spam-scammers have moved on from fake blackmail threats to fake bomb threats. So far no-one’s paid anything to the address, and I suspect it’ll stay that way. pic.twitter.com/N5MOdmu8Jm
— Tom Scott (@tomscott) December 13, 2018
KMOV Writes Dozens of institutions across the country received email threats Thursday afternoon, causing evacuations and sweeps of buildings, the FBI reported.
At this time it unclear if the threats, which have been sent to places including the University of Washington in Seattle, throughout San Francisco and Penn State University in Pennsylvania, are connected. The FBI said it is aware of the threats and is working with law enforcement to provide assistance.
Here in the St. Louis area, two bomb threats have been reported. One at Troy South Middle School and another at a Maryland Heights business. Police have not confirmed the source of those threats was part of the nationwide hoax.
St. Louis County Police said they are investigating multiple bomb threats, but do not believe any of them are credible at this time.
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After doing some internet sleuthing we think we may know who is behind this!
But in all seriousness, its highly unlikely the bomb threats have any credibility attached to them.