The Department of Internal Affairs is warning people to ignore a death threat email being circulated in New Zealand.
Senior investigator Toni Demetriou says the Anti-Spam Compliance Unit has received several complaints about a threatening email from a "contract killer".
"He demands $5000 to prevent 'his boys' carrying out the killing and warns the recipient not to go to the police," Mr Demetriou said.
"This is clearly a hoax scam designed to play on people's fears and extract money from them."
The email, which is signed by Abdulla Azzam, is addressed to "undisclosed recipients".
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