Spam email pretending to be from a hired killer is being sent out in an effort to blackmail recipients for up to $80,000.
The emails usually start with a cheery greeting of 'Good day' or have a subject line saying 'Read this to be safe and a new life in this new year' before going on to threaten the reader.
"Do not contact the police or FBI or try to send a copy of this to them, because if you do I will know and might be pushed to do what I have being paid to do, beside, this is the first time I turned out to be a betrayer in my job," the main text reads.