'Troll' Jailed For 200 Facebook Death Threats

[Jazzy]

A man from South Shields who threatened through Facebook to kill 200 people in the US has been jailed for 28 months.

Reece Elliot posted the messages on an online memorial page for a girl from Tennessee who had been killed in a car crash.

Using a false profile, Elliot, 24, wrote: "My father has three guns. I'm planning on killing him first and putting him in a dumpster. Then I'm taking the motor and I'm going in fast.

"I'm gonna kill hopefully at least 200 before I kill myself. So you want to tell the deputy, I'm on my way.''

The court heard the father-of-one had also directed abusive messages at the deceased girl, who was a popular pupil at Warren County High school.

"I'm glad the fat bitch is dead. Let's drink to drink driving. No-one gives a sh*t that she's dead, get over it."

One 15-year-old girl, whose identity cannot be reported due to her age, was told: "You have been chosen tomorrow at school to receive one of my bullets."

With heightened sensitivities following the Newtown shooting in which 20 children were killed, schools in Warren County went into lockdown and 3,000 pupils missed school the next day.

Inquiries made by the FBI and Homeland Security traced the username to Reece's address in Newcastle.

Judge James Goss QC, the Recorder of Newcastle, told Reece the offences were driven by "no more than self-indulgent nastiness".

The judge took into account Elliott's early guilty plea and genuine remorse in passing a sentence of 28 months.

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Genuine remorse? Yeah, of course, because the troll got caught. Glad they found him before he carried out his threats. Sick S.O.B.

 

[JetWing34]

What a dumb person. Why on earth would anyone make a death threat?

 

[Tyler]

What a dumb person. Why on earth would anyone make a death threat?

Agreed, stupid of them.

 

[DrLeftover]

Well... maybe somebody exposed their scam:

Below this article is a series of emails the Desk got from something calling itself Zik Atiku with a phone number in Togo in West Africa. The later letters are written in reasonably good English and with a dose of sincerity seldom seen in these things. Evidently once the victim makes contact with the scammers, they kick the responses up to somebody who is a little more literate than their initial letter writers. Which also means that the African Scammers practice better customer service than most US Companies and Government Agencies.

... the thing of interest here is the "Letter of Application Form". And it is this form that makes the Desk wonder if this was a true 419 Advance Fee Scam or just an attempt at Identity Theft.

The Letter:

To: desk address at yahoo.com
Subject: Urgent Dr.Leftover!!!!!
From: "zik" Add to Address
Book Add Mobile Alert
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:05:50 -0400 (EDT)
Dr.Leftover,

Thanks for your updated information received, Well you have used your human power not knowing that blood is ticker than water. Dr.Leftover, We gave you only 10 days to give up/pass away in this world. May your wicked soul rest in peace. Just make sure you finalize whatever you has with other people within 9 days because why you are going to die on or before 22nd of september 2006. Don't you know that your wickedness and evil doings has been found you through this chanel.

Dr.Leftover May your wicked soul rest in peace till we meet in heaven.

http://themediadesk.com/files/419alive.htm

[NOTE: the threatening letter was been forwarded to law enforcement as well as the scammers ISPs]