The first ransom notes come from an 1874 kidnapping. Freeman’s Auctioneers and Appraisers. One day last March, Bridget Flynn, a school librarian who lives in Philadelphia, was searching for an ...

Police officers connected to the JonBenét Ramsey cold case have revealed that the ransom letter left at the girl's home was not 'truly a kidnapping note' due to two factors ...

On Thursday, the FBI warned that it "assesses the letters are an attempt to scam organizations into paying a ransom.". The fraudster is likely capitalizing on the BianLian group's notoriety and ...

Letters demanding $10,000 ransom continue to be received by the family of Meyer Newman, who disappeared from his home, 1,550 Fulton Avenue, the Bronx, two weeks ago, ...

Nearly 28 years after the sensationalized murder of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey, experts remain divided over who penned the suspicious ransom letter found at the crime scene.. On the ...

Although the letters in question apparently contain Tor links to BianLian’s data leak site, the group responsible is almost certainly an imposter, GuidePoint claimed. That’s partly because of its near ...

Historians identify the Ross case as the first recorded ransom kidnapping in American history. In 1876, Christian Ross penned a memoir that included facsimiles of several of the ransom notes, but for ...

Someone is threatening to doxx dark web drug buyers unless they pay off a ransom fee of $60 in Bitcoin ... As the poster himself notes, the letter appears to be written by amateur scammers.

During the analysis, the shapes of individual letters, symbols and words found in the note were compared to samples of Oliva's writing, as well as Mr Martin focusing on slant variations, pressure ...

Charley Ross was the first to be kidnapped for ransom in the U.S. After he was taken, his family spent $60,000 over the years in search efforts, but were unsuccessful in getting him back.

A mysterious "missing" toilet roll poster which appeared in Stockbridge a few days ago has led to a hilarious ransom note being posted. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News ...