Mail Bombing in exchange of Bitcoin

[Reid]

I thought the "bombing letter" was like the SMS type where people bombing text messages to other people.
That is how I understand the title. Maybe you should change it. But I think it is not off topic since bitcoin is being stained here once again.

It is the safest method without much of a trace. That dude whoever do this is a coward.
I just hope people are already aware of what bitcoin is really is and not just a tool for receiving money using evil deeds.
Sorry, bitcoin.

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[Baby Dragon]

Damn!
This person is crazy, they really are going too far and doesn't care even if they harm people.

What can you expect with people these days? they are capable on doing anything for the sake of money and they don't care on how it will affect someone's life. I won't be surprise if that person end up suffering the consequences of his actions because he let his greediness be a foundation of his decisions and actions. I don't understand why people will stoop down that low for bitcoin, let's say that bitcoin can make him rich but does he realize the trauma he can possibly give to people? the fear of being in danger? Maybe their conscience don't let them sleep at night so they will realize their mistakes, anyway be careful and stay safe everyone.

[DoublerHunter]

This is the main reason why the government is having a problem accepting bitcoin as a legitimate cryptocurrency that people can use for their commercials. Because some people are taking advantage of the anonymity the Bitcoin was offering. Probably in this part we should agree that AML and KYC are really needed. It is clear that a larger percentage of bitcoin users do not use Bitcoin for their crimes and evasion from the government such as taxes. But considering the small percentage of the people who use it for crimes is quite alarming enough for the authorities to prevent. That guy who does mail bombing is really stupid. Probably we should teach him how to earn money in a hard way. After him being convicted to jail.

[NotATether]

What the hell, why would anyone do this? This is a criminal activity.

Doesn't he know that most people he asks for ransom from have no idea what bitcoin is? Sounds like the guy is mentally unstable because he would continue doing these things as victims exchange their money for bitcoin.

[FlightyPouch]

What is happening? They are that desperate to earn or get bitcoin? It is good that bitcoin is getting all over social media but I am not expecting that it will be this bad, even worse. As far as I know, there are no reports in the country that died because of that but someone was hospitalized because of the inhalation of the smoke on site. Take care, you guys.

It is not good when bitcoin gets this kind of attention, all this leads to is hastily made decisions by politicians that lead to incorrect regulation and rules that slow down growth and adoption.

And I hope they won't. It will be a mistake if they try to lay that regulations since the people here are the wrong ones and not the bitcoin that is just being used for terrorizing people. Though it is really possible for bitcoin to be regulated more strictly by the government is this stretched out.

[ufaiz50]

very alarming, actually quite a lot of criminal cases committed by persons with the use of a bitcoin background. My personal view on cases like this is stupid, because the consequences and what the criminals might get is not comparable (that's if they get the bitcoin). and even if these cases continue, the impact on the market demand will decrease.

[Reatim]

This is also not the first time someone asked for Bitcoin in Netherlands. Almost the same incident happened last 2015, both were bombing things and asking for bitcoin.

Does the First incident last 2015 succeed?i mean the Bomber got what he wants?or whats the outcome of that case?mind to extend the News and trivia mate?


for this Recent case i think Police can have idea and lead about this suspect because nowadays?the process of finding criminals are very high tech and this can be track down at any chances if he continues to Send and explode Bombs.

[bounceback]

most likely the culprit is someone from the bitcoin haters group because by committing crimes like this and linking bitcoin in it, I think this is a good opportunity for bitcoin haters to make bad news about bitcoin and they hope that the government will prohibit people from using bitcoin in the country them to avoid various other crimes.

[davis196]

most likely the culprit is someone from the bitcoin haters group because by committing crimes like this and linking bitcoin in it, I think this is a good opportunity for bitcoin haters to make bad news about bitcoin and they hope that the government will prohibit people from using bitcoin in the country them to avoid various other crimes.

I don't think so.He doesn't care about Bitcoin at all.He is just a sociopath,who wants easy money.
I think he is really stupid and insane,because nobody would pay him anything,because that doesn't guarantee that he will stop with this terrorist tactic.The authorities don't negotiate with terrorists and they don't pay them ransoms.By the way,I think it can be really easy to catch him.Those paper mails can contain his fingerprints,so the police could identify him.

[stompix]

Does the First incident last 2015 succeed?i mean the Bomber got what he wants?or whats the outcome of that case?mind to extend the News and trivia mate?

The perpetrator that time was arrested and should by now be still in prison:
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2015/10/man-50-and-teenager-15-arrested-in-jumbo-bomb-case/

most likely the culprit is someone from the bitcoin haters group because by committing crimes like this and linking bitcoin in it, I think this is a good opportunity for bitcoin haters to make bad news about bitcoin and they hope that the government will prohibit people from using bitcoin in the country them to avoid various other crimes.

Yeah yeah, there is always someone who is a bitcoin hater doing so
Everyone that scams via bitcoin must be a bitcoin hater, is the evil gubbermint who tries to stop bitcoin, from Karpeless to Ross Ulbricht everyone was a CIA agent trying to paint bitcoin in a negative way.

Wake up, bitcoin is not some pure virgin princess that can't be used for bad things. It can and in most cases, it's far easier for criminals to deal with this than with cash. That's reality, deal with it! Nothing changes!

[maxreish]

After reading this post I am just thinking why the attacker/bomber is doing such a criminal acts.
It's either;

• He lose too much in Gambling,
  
• or, He lose huge in Trading.
  
  A depressed individual will do such thing like these. The guy is too desperate to get some bitcoins. How sad it turns out to be like this. It's hard to speculate things, but I do hope authorities may have a trace already to know who that person. It will make such a huge problem if the bomb will gonna happen again and many person will get injured ( i hope not). He used bitcoin in a wrong way that is why it also ruined his life.

[passwordnow]

Damn!
This person is crazy, they really are going too far and doesn't care even if they harm people. This isn't the purpose of bitcoin, for blackmailing, not it's not for that.
I thought that it's just email blasting or email spamming but this is for real, a real bomb, small or not as long as it's hurting people this is truly wrong. He will be caught soon, I hope.

There have been criminals sending bombing mails and demanding Bitcoin for them before. If this Netherlands situation is seen as a negative thing for Bitcoin and people start to FUD it again through "it's widely used in illegal activities and by criminals"-like statements, that's a plain stupid move. Almost anything valuable is and can be used in illicit activity. Bitcoin is only better because they can simply send an address without anyone knowing its source/owner, rather than demanding fiat payment.

Yes, that's what would be the impact to the people that doesn't really understand bitcoin. And it will affect the polices too and might think of bitcoin is truly like that and made for that purpose.
Very disappointing people, they should've done this act if they only want to have bitcoin. They need to earn it honestly.

[XCANA]

What is happening? They are that desperate to earn or get bitcoin? It is good that bitcoin is getting all over social media but I am not expecting that it will be this bad, even worse. As far as I know, there are no reports in the country that died because of that but someone was hospitalized because of the inhalation of the smoke on site. Take care, you guys.

Possibly they want to get some Bitcoin from the people and give a bad name to Bitcoin at the end. Even at that point that nobody died, requesting for Bitcoin was my first concerns because they eventually get into it and use Bitcoin as a ransom for every of their demands. Let the  world knows that Bitcoin is not use for illegal activities even though some individuals thought of it to be. To them: Bitcoin can be acquire through buying and trading, I mean let them earn it legitimately and not through crocks.

[7788bitcoin]

An anonymous person in Netherlands is bombing letters just to ask Bitcoin for him to stop what he's doing. This mailbomber wants Bitcoin and he won't stop unless he gets the Bitcoin payment he wants.

I am expecting the authorities to grab this asshole as soon as possible, since this is a mail bomb the source of these will be known by the authorities and it is a matter of time that they nab the criminal.

First bombing happens in Amsterdam when a worker tosses a package when he heard a hissing sound while arranging the mail. Fortunately no one got injured with the explosion. The second bombing happens less than an hour after the first bombing in Kerkrade. Although no one also got injured, there's a note asking for bitcoin to prevent further bombings.

Criminals will always find a way to carry on these stupid schemes and now they are targeting bitcoin thinking that it is a safe option to get free money, glad to hear that no one is hurt till now and wish that the criminal will be behind bars soon.

[Juggy777]

An anonymous person in Netherlands is bombing letters just to ask Bitcoin for him to stop what he's doing. This mailbomber wants Bitcoin and he won't stop unless he gets the Bitcoin payment he wants.

First bombing happens in Amsterdam when a worker tosses a package when he heard a hissing sound while arranging the mail. Fortunately no one got injured with the explosion. The second bombing happens less than an hour after the first bombing in Kerkrade. Although no one also got injured, there's a note asking for bitcoin to prevent further bombings.

With the investigation of the police, they said that both bombings are connected yet they have no link about the person who's exploding things up. They also haven't revealed the amount of Bitcoin the bomber was asking, but they're still doing further investigation.

This is also not the first time someone asked for Bitcoin in Netherlands. Almost the same incident happened last 2015, both were bombing things and asking for bitcoin.

Source:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/a-mailbomber-in-the-netherlands-wants-a-btc-payment-to-stop-blowing-things-up



It's a little alarming that they would really go that far just to ask for bitcoin. I don't think it's a big explosion but they can still hurt other people and they're damaging the image of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as well. I don't know why would they do that because obviously, the police won't just send them Bitcoin so the explosion would stop. Because if they will do that, then everyone might just do the same in order to receive bitcoin so they'll just keep on investigating until they caught the suspect.

PS: I'm gonna delete this if it was off-topic

Though I don’t know who this person is but if I had to take a guess then I would suspect him to be a jobless youth who’s decided to take the easy way out, but I’m truly disappointed in the path that’s he’s chosen to earn bitcoins. Further this won’t effect bitcoin but it’ll definitely create panic around local residents, and which in turn may impact their tourism if this guy is not caught fast.

[carlfebz2]

interesting news  . its my first time to read such news that a bomber ask for bitcoins  . at first thought i think you are talking about mail ( email bombing or spam ) but after i open and read the thread i saw that it was a real life bomb  . thats scary but why would they risk thier life when they can just give out what the bomber ask just for the safety of the people  . money is only money and can easily be find but if the life is lost ,it cant be return anymore  . also
 , they can easily caught the criminal once they lend out the money  .

Theres no such thing about caring peoples lives on criminals mind as long they do able to make or extract money then they wouldnt really care.
Also, it isnt easy for someone to be caught specially he do ask out Bitcoin ransom which means its hard to traced it up thats why the only way
to caught this criminal on act while placing those bombs.This is just an another day on these kind of news which will give another negativity
towards cryptocurrency.Its just sad to hear it out.

[Spaffin]

interesting news  . its my first time to read such news that a bomber ask for bitcoins  . at first thought i think you are talking about mail ( email bombing or spam ) but after i open and read the thread i saw that it was a real life bomb  . thats scary but why would they risk thier life when they can just give out what the bomber ask just for the safety of the people  . money is only money and can easily be find but if the life is lost ,it cant be return anymore  . also
 , they can easily caught the criminal once they lend out the money  .

Theres no such thing about caring peoples lives on criminals mind as long they do able to make or extract money then they wouldnt really care.
Also, it isnt easy for someone to be caught specially he do ask out Bitcoin ransom which means its hard to traced it up thats why the only way
to caught this criminal on act while placing those bombs.This is just an another day on these kind of news which will give another negativity
towards cryptocurrency.Its just sad to hear it out.

You may not like what I say, but the current situation is one of the facts that confirm that certain control over the cryptocurrency market and the provision of passport data by cryptocurrency users can have certain benefits not only for the state in order to receive its taxes, but also for society,  to prevent criminal activity using cryptocurrency.  The fact is that every police officer or detective will tell you that any criminal who forces you to pay a ransom for a hostage or for another crime very often gets caught when transferring or using this money.  And if you use bitcoins or another cryptocurrency for this, then no one can practically catch the criminal.

[kezinaur14]

An anonymous person in Netherlands is bombing letters just to ask Bitcoin for him to stop what he's doing. This mailbomber wants Bitcoin and he won't stop unless he gets the Bitcoin payment he wants.

First bombing happens in Amsterdam when a worker tosses a package when he heard a hissing sound while arranging the mail. Fortunately no one got injured with the explosion. The second bombing happens less than an hour after the first bombing in Kerkrade. Although no one also got injured, there's a note asking for bitcoin to prevent further bombings.

With the investigation of the police, they said that both bombings are connected yet they have no link about the person who's exploding things up. They also haven't revealed the amount of Bitcoin the bomber was asking, but they're still doing further investigation.

This is also not the first time someone asked for Bitcoin in Netherlands. Almost the same incident happened last 2015, both were bombing things and asking for bitcoin.

Source:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/a-mailbomber-in-the-netherlands-wants-a-btc-payment-to-stop-blowing-things-up



It's a little alarming that they would really go that far just to ask for bitcoin. I don't think it's a big explosion but they can still hurt other people and they're damaging the image of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as well. I don't know why would they do that because obviously, the police won't just send them Bitcoin so the explosion would stop. Because if they will do that, then everyone might just do the same in order to receive bitcoin so they'll just keep on investigating until they caught the suspect.

PS: I'm gonna delete this if it was off-topic

I opened the thread expecting something slightly different, thought you were offering bombing services which made me go WTF? I was thankfully wrong hah

[airdnasxela]

Didn't expect that some people would really go this low just to ask for free bitcoins. I know some people would do anything just for money but asking them Bitcoin, I don't see any reason for the police government to give him what he wants. But if I were him, I won't do that kind of act because it's useless. If he keeps on bombing mails then he'll just end up getting caught.
 

I opened the thread expecting something slightly different, thought you were offering bombing services which made me go WTF? I was thankfully wrong hah

Lol. The title could also be interpreted in other ways. But you're right, thankfully not what you're expecting.

[Janation]

I don't understand if they are pro-Bitcoin or anti-Bitcoin.

They are destroying the image Bitcoin has, not just Bitcoin but all of the cryptocurrencies as a whole. This is worse than being scammed out of your money or cryptocurrencies. The people will hate it and the government will obviously make a policy or limitations about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies for sure, I hope no one gets hurt from this.