Online Threats... can i file a police report?

Question

Yesterday i received a message from a former friends sister saying that i should watch my back and if this person saw me on the streets that she would " eff me up". Now she has her husband sending me messages that he too will " eff me up" if he ever saw me.

The thing is that i never have met these people. Out of the blue i am getting these threats from them.

Would i be able to file a police report on my ex friend's sister and husband?

Answer 1

If you can prove it, yes.  It depends if your local police will take any action.  Even if you recieve a threatening SMS, you can take it to the authorities, where they will take action depending on the severity, and whether or not they have a violent record (esp if they attacked you before).

Answer 2

Oh yeah sure, you didn't do a thing for these people wanting to kill you. You are just ohhhh sooooo innocent and you have no idea why they are so angry at you!

Sell dese nuts to some gullible sucker. You did something to deserve this kind of hate.

Answer 3

Do what you will, but don't jump to conclusions. It makes everyone's lives more difficult, yours included.

Answer 4

1.  Print the emails.

2.  Take them to the police and request an Order of Protection towards them AND the former friend.

3.  Contact their email provider [ie. yahoo, hotmail, etc.] that they have used to email to threaten.

4.  Keep a journal of any contact with them or your friend or "hang ups" etc.

5.  Do NOT reply to the emails or try to contact any of the three.

Answer 5

Keep hold of the e-mails and print them up.  I would present this to the police department.  They may be able to refer you to get a restraining order depending on what they are sending you.  If they continue with this harassment it could cause them a big problem.

Answer 6

Yes if it bothers you so much or having you nightmare and psychological effect you can file a formal complain to the police but knowing the mentality of the police now adays they have to wait until something happen to you before they act on your complain. Here they will just file your complain or the police report for days because it is just a threat which they think nothing will happen to you, only if something happen then that is the time they will act upon your complain.

So just like the rest of the forum keep and file those txt message in your phone for references or one suggested print them and keep them so that you got evidence if something happen to you in the near future.

Answer 7

Keep copies and definitely report them.