subject: Bomb Scams Original [print this page] For any business in the world, any store, a bomb threat can be a logistical nightmare. Employee and customer safety take priority over normal business operations, and so a bomb threat results in the business being evacuated, because nobody wants to be blown apart. Bomb scammers take advantage of the fear of terrorism and bomb threats.
Bomb scams typically happen at places of business or in large areas like a mall. This is so that the threat is taken seriously due to the amount of people that would be involved. In most cases, the scammers tell the business that they should not inform the authorities but most people won't listen to this. What is most terrible is that bombings have actually happened after a threat. People have gotten killed or hurt badly because of this. Because the scammer knows that no one wants to have to deal with something so tragic, they play upon it.
There are many types of these scams. One, among many, is that the bomb has been planted and the caller has a triggering device to set it off. If a certain amount of money is not produced in a certain way and within a certain amount of time the bomb will go off. However, this rarely actually happens even when nothing is paid.
Most bomb scares are nothing more than bomb scams designed to extort money. The fear of bombs is real, and the mere threat of a bomb is often enough for the plan to succeed. Fear is a truly powerful motivator and scam artists know that many people will assume the threat is real and the bomb exists rather than take a chance on being wrong and having a bomb explode.
There are services like telephonesearching.info/Idaho/Sweet/208/813 that can help you to figure out who is actually calling during the time where money is being supposedly sent to the scammer. Many people choose to use their real identification when they go to pick up the money that was wired, which just shows how ignorant these people can be.
Things get personal when someone is contacted at the place that they are employed and are informed that someone they love is being held against their will and a bomb will be detonated if the ransom is not paid. Though it doesn't happen often, bad things have happened in the past, but mostly the family ends up being fine in the end.
Research shows that threats and scams typically stem from another state or country, according to police records of scams in the past. Your establishment has been most likely chosen randomly because the person making the threat has never even been through the doors. Personal information can be gained when a scammer hacks into the system of computers at a company.
There are also programs made by hackers that are developed to ruin the bank's data if money isn't paid, called a logic bomb, which is one of the newer scams. A home computer could be the target because people don't often think to backup the files, or a large business's entire history could be the target. Many people will pay off the scammer because it is too risky to lose that much valuable information, just in case what the scammer is saying is actually true. Government agencies are attempting to put an end to this but it is difficult for police to figure out where the threats are coming from.
