The
FBI is currently aware of a nationwide attempt to extort ethnic business
owners, mostly of Asian decent, 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.
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The
FBI is currently aware of a nationwide attempt to extort ethnic business
owners, mostly of Asian decent, 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.