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VINTON – The Vinton County Sheriff’s Office has received several reports of an email being sent threatening they have information from your computer, websites visited, etc, and telling you to go to a website to pay money or they will release the information.
**THIS IS A SCAM**



Do not access the website and do not send money. Delete the email. These are sent to numerous individuals at one time in hopes that someone will be frightened enough to send money. Below is one of the emails:
From: Harmonie Bronson
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 9:14 AM
To:
Subject: Hamden
π™Έπš πšœπšŽπšŽπš–πšœ πšπš‘πšŠπš, &&&&&& πš’πšœ πš’πš˜πšžπš› πš™πšŠπšœπšœ πš πš˜πš›πš.
𝙸 πš—πšŽπšŽπš πš’πš˜πšžπš› πšπšžπš•πš• πšŠπšπšπšŽπš—πšπš’πš˜πš— πšπš˜πš› πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš‘πšŽ πš—πšŽπš‘πš πšƒπš πšŽπš—πšπš’-πšπš˜πšžπš› πš‘πš˜πšžπš›πšœ, πš˜πš› 𝙸 πš–πšŠπš’ πš–πšŠπš”πšŽ πšœπšžπš›πšŽ 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšπš‘πšŠπš 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πš•πš’πšŸπšŽ 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 πšπšžπš’πš•πš πšπš˜πš› πšπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŽπšœπš 𝚘𝚏 πš’πš˜πšžπš› πšŽπš‘πš’πšœπšπšŽπš—πšŒπšŽ.
π™·πšŽπš•πš•πš˜, 𝚒𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘 πš—πš˜πš πš”πš—πš˜πš  πš–πšŽ. π™·πš˜πš πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› 𝙸 πš”πš—πš˜πš  πšŠπš•πš• πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš‘πš’πš—πšπšœ πš›πšŽπšπšŠπš›πšπš’πš—πš 𝚒𝚘𝚞. πšˆπš˜πšžπš› πšπš‹ πšŒπš˜πš—πšπšŠπšŒπš πš•πš’πšœπš, πš–πš˜πš‹πš’πš•πšŽ πš™πš‘πš˜πš—πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš—πšπšŠπšŒπšπšœ πšŠπš•πš˜πš—πš πš πš’πšπš‘ πšŠπš•πš• πšπš‘πšŽ πš˜πš—πš•πš’πš—πšŽ πšŠπšŒπšπš’πšŸπš’πšπš’ πš’πš— πš’πš˜πšžπš› πšŒπš˜πš–πš™πšžπšπšŽπš› πšπš›πš˜πš– πš™πšŠπšœπš 𝟷𝟻𝟻 𝚍𝚊𝚒𝚜.
π™°πš—πš πšπš‘πš’πšœ πš’πš—πšŒπš•πšžπšπšŽπšœ, πš’πš˜πšžπš› πšœπšŽπš•πš πš™πš•πšŽπšŠπšœπšžπš›πšŽ πšŸπš’πšπšŽπš˜ 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎, πš πš‘πš’πšŒπš‘ πš‹πš›πš’πš—πšπšœ πš–πšŽ 𝚝𝚘 πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πš›πš’πš–πšŠπš›πš’ πš–πš˜πšπš’πšŸπšŽ πš πš‘πš’ 𝙸 πšŠπš– πš πš›πš’πšπš’πš—πš πšπš‘πš’πšœ πšœπš™πšŽπšŒπš’πšπš’πšŒ πš–πšŠπš’πš• 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚘𝚞.
πš†πšŽπš•πš• πšπš‘πšŽ πš•πšŠπšœπš πšπš’πš–πšŽ 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πš πšŽπš—πš 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 πšπš‘πšŽ πšŠπšπšžπš•πš πš–πšŠπšπšŽπš›πš’πšŠπš• πš˜πš—πš•πš’πš—πšŽ πšœπš’πšπšŽπšœ, πš–πš’ πšœπš™πš’πš πšŠπš›πšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšŠπšŒπšπš’πšŸπšŠπšπšŽπš πš’πš— πš’πš˜πšžπš› πšŒπš˜πš–πš™πšžπšπšŽπš› πš πš‘πš’πšŒπš‘ πšŽπš—πšπšŽπš πšžπš™ πš•πš˜πšπšπš’πš—πš 𝚊 𝚎𝚒𝚎-πšŒπšŠπšπšŒπš‘πš’πš—πš πšŸπš’πšπšŽπš˜ πšŒπš•πš’πš™ 𝚘𝚏 πš’πš˜πšžπš› πšœπšŽπš•πš πš™πš•πšŽπšŠπšœπšžπš›πšŽ 𝚊𝚌𝚝 πšœπš’πš–πš™πš•πš’ πš‹πš’ πšπš›πš’πšπšπšŽπš›πš’πš—πš πš’πš˜πšžπš› πš πšŽπš‹πšŒπšŠπš–.
(𝚒𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚊 πš’πš—πšŒπš›πšŽπšπš’πš‹πš•πš’ πšžπš—πšžπšœπšžπšŠπš• πš™πš›πšŽπšπšŽπš›πšŽπš—πšŒπšŽ πš‹πš’ πšπš‘πšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚒 πš‘πšŠπš‘πšŠ)
𝙸 πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ 𝚐𝚘𝚝 πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš–πš™πš•πšŽπšπšŽ πš›πšŽπšŒπš˜πš›πšπš’πš—πš. π™Έπš 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšπšŽπšŽπš• 𝙸 πšŠπš– πš–πšŽπšœπšœπš’πš—πš πšŠπš›πš˜πšžπš—πš, πš“πšžπšœπš πš›πšŽπš™πš•πš’ πš™πš›πš˜πš˜πš πšŠπš—πš 𝙸 πš πš’πš•πš• πš‹πšŽ πšπš˜πš›πš πšŠπš›πšπš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŠπš›πšπš’πšŒπšžπš•πšŠπš› πš›πšŽπšŒπš˜πš›πšπš’πš—πš πš›πšŠπš—πšπš˜πš–πš•πš’ 𝚝𝚘 𝟿 πš™πšŽπš˜πš™πš•πšŽ 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πš›πšŽπšŒπš˜πšπš—πš’πš£πšŽ.
π™Έπš πš–πš’πšπš‘πš πšŽπš—πš πšžπš™ πš‹πšŽπš’πš—πš πš’πš˜πšžπš› πšπš›πš’πšŽπš—πš, 𝚌𝚘 πš πš˜πš›πš”πšŽπš›πšœ, πš‹πš˜πšœπšœ, πš™πšŠπš›πšŽπš—πšπšœ (𝙸 πšπš˜πš—’𝚝 πš”πš—πš˜πš ! π™Όπš’ πšœπš’πšœπšπšŽπš– πš πš’πš•πš• πš›πšŠπš—πšπš˜πš–πš•πš’ πšœπšŽπš•πšŽπšŒπš πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš—πšπšŠπšŒπšπšœ).
πš†πš˜πšžπš•πš 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πš‹πšŽ πšŒπšŠπš™πšŠπš‹πš•πšŽ 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎 πš’πš—πšπš˜ πšŠπš—πš’πš˜πš—πšŽ’𝚜 𝚎𝚒𝚎𝚜 πšŠπšπšŠπš’πš— πšŠπšπšπšŽπš› πš’πš? 𝙸 πšπš˜πšžπš‹πš πšπš‘πšŠπš…
π™½πš˜πš—πšŽπšπš‘πšŽπš•πšŽπšœπšœ, πš’πš 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 πš—πš˜πš πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ 𝚝𝚘 πš‹πšŽ πšπš‘πšŠπš πš›πš˜πšžπšπšŽ.
𝙸 πš πšŠπš—πš 𝚝𝚘 πš–πšŠπš”πšŽ 𝚒𝚘𝚞 𝚊 𝟷 πšπš’πš–πšŽ, πš—πš˜ πš—πšŽπšπš˜πšπš’πšŠπš‹πš•πšŽ πš˜πšπšπšŽπš›.
π™±πšžπš’ $ 𝟸𝟢𝟢𝟢 πš’πš— πš‹πš’πšπšŒπš˜πš’πš— πšŠπš—πš πšœπšŽπš—πš πš’πš 𝚝𝚘 πšπš‘πšŽ πš•πš’πšœπšπšŽπš πš‹πšŽπš•πš˜πš  πšŠπšπšπš›πšŽπšœπšœ:
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[𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 πš‚π™΄π™½πš‚π™Έπšƒπ™Έπš…π™΄ 𝚜𝚘 πšŒπš˜πš™πš’ & πš™πšŠπšœπšπšŽ πš’πš, πšŠπš—πš πš›πšŽπš–πš˜πšŸπšŽ * πšπš›πš˜πš– πš’πš]
(π™Έπš 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšπš˜πš—’𝚝 πšžπš—πšπšŽπš›πšœπšπšŠπš—πš πš‘πš˜πš , πš•πš˜πš˜πš”πšžπš™ πš‘πš˜πš  𝚝𝚘 πš‹πšžπš’ πš‹πš’πšπšŒπš˜πš’πš—. π™³πš˜ πš—πš˜πš 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 πš–πš’ πš™πš›πšŽπšŒπš’πš˜πšžπšœ πšπš’πš–πšŽ)
π™Έπš 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšœπšŽπš—πš 𝚘𝚞𝚝 πšπš‘πš’πšœ πš™πšŠπš›πšπš’πšŒπšžπš•πšŠπš› ‘πšπš˜πš—πšŠπšπš’πš˜πš—’ (πš•πšŽπš 𝚞𝚜 πšŒπšŠπš•πš• πš’πš πšπš‘πšŠπš?). πšπš’πšπš‘πš πšŠπšπšπšŽπš› πšπš‘πšŠπš, 𝙸 πš πš’πš•πš• πšπš’πšœπšŠπš™πš™πšŽπšŠπš› πšπš˜πš› 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 . πšŠπš—πš πšžπš—πšπšŽπš› πš—πš˜ πšŒπš’πš›πšŒπšžπš–πšœπšπšŠπš—πšŒπšŽπšœ πš–πšŠπš”πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš—πšπšŠπšŒπš πš πš’πšπš‘ 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšŠπšπšŠπš’πš—. 𝙸 πš πš’πš•πš• 𝚐𝚎𝚝 πš›πš’πš 𝚘𝚏 πšŽπšŸπšŽπš›πš’πšπš‘πš’πš—πš 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 πšŠπš‹πš˜πšžπš 𝚒𝚘𝚞. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 πš–πšŠπš’ πšŸπšŽπš›πš’ πš πšŽπš•πš• πš™πš›πš˜πšŒπšŽπšŽπš πš•πš’πšŸπš’πš—πš πš’πš˜πšžπš› πš˜πš›πšπš’πš—πšŠπš›πš’ 𝚍𝚊𝚒 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚊𝚒 πš•πš’πšπšŽ πš πš’πšπš‘ πš—πš˜ πšπšŽπšŠπš›.
𝚈𝚘𝚞 πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ 𝟸𝟺 πš‘πš˜πšžπš›πšœ 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚘. πšˆπš˜πšžπš› πšπš’πš–πšŽ πšœπšπšŠπš›πšπšœ 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚊𝚜 πšœπš˜πš˜πš— 𝚒𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘 πšπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ πšπš‘πš’πšœ πš–πšŠπš’πš•. 𝙸 πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ πšŠπš— πšžπš—πš’πššπšžπšŽ πš™πš›πš˜πšπš›πšŠπš– 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎 πšπš‘πšŠπš πš πš’πš•πš• πšπšŽπš•πš• πš–πšŽ πš˜πš—πšŒπšŽ 𝚒𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘 πšπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ πšπš‘πš’πšœ 𝚎 πš–πšŠπš’πš• 𝚜𝚘 πšπš˜πš—’𝚝 πšπš›πš’ 𝚝𝚘 πš™πš•πšŠπš’ πšœπš–πšŠπš›πš.