Maybe some of those who received the messages were more alert to their surroundings after receiving it, even if they weren’t sure it was real and didn’t return the phone/email/messages?
Maybe, but I have been contacted by people who have received the scam email before.
It’s true that some people reached out AFTER the podcast aired, only then taking it seriously. I am partially able to leverage it for credibility also.
Ultimatey significant effort is required to contact people, and then further more to provide a full context, risk assessment, after which they typically require support taking the issue through multiple law enforcement agencies, that is if they don’t turn to violence themselves which has happened in at least one occasion:(
Can you notify the intended victims? Or at least the more findable intended victims?
Not really. Journalists spent months doing this via phone, email and messages and were ignored.
Also, there are literal ‘I am a hitman hired to kill you, pay me money to stop’ scams that exist.
Maybe some of those who received the messages were more alert to their surroundings after receiving it, even if they weren’t sure it was real and didn’t return the phone/email/messages?
I admit this sounds like a terrible situation.
Maybe, but I have been contacted by people who have received the scam email before.
It’s true that some people reached out AFTER the podcast aired, only then taking it seriously. I am partially able to leverage it for credibility also.
Ultimatey significant effort is required to contact people, and then further more to provide a full context, risk assessment, after which they typically require support taking the issue through multiple law enforcement agencies, that is if they don’t turn to violence themselves which has happened in at least one occasion:(