The FBI is currently aware of attempts to extort ethnic business owners, mostly of Asian decent, through telephoned 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 the FBI or the San Francisco Police Department as well as file a complaint at www.ic3.gov.
Resources:
San Francisco Division Office of the FBI
San Francisco Police Department
Internet Crime Complaint Center (FBI)
San Francisco Mayor's Office on Criminal Justice
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