The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned Internet users about false death threats as a new method of cryptocurrency extortion, ABC California reported on Friday Jan. 26.

One of the Victims, introducing themselves as Christiane, used FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) to inform the agency that it received an email with a death threat. The email said: "I'll be short. I have got an order to kill you, " and asked Christiane to pay $ 2,800 in US dollars or Bitcoin in order to be spared by the would-be assassin.

Even though she realized that it was a

According to FBI agent Laura Eimiller, the case represents a new method

Also, it is important to emphasize the fact that

Thus, FBI warns the Internet users and encourage potential victims to provide information about any new cases, given that the number of reports is "about 15 percent of the scams that are actuall taking place, " according to Eimiller. She added that the crimes like these are "heavily underreported."