HES CURRENTLY CO-OPERATING WITH THE FBI DUE TO HIM BEING KIDNAPPED AND AN ATTEMPT TO EXTORT HIM FOR 200Kįoreshadow appears to be a teenager from Florida whose first name is Justin. Members of the SIM-swapping community were then warned to delete any messages to or from Foreshadow. It soon emerged that Foreshadow had not died, and that he was cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Lauderdale and Miami.Īs Foreshadow’s hostage video began making the rounds on SIM-swapping Telegram channels, a rumor surfaced that Foreshadow had died after being shot in the leg. But at one point in the video, the vehicle’s radio can be heard in the background mentioning WMIB, which is a hip-hop station in South Florida that serves both Ft. It’s not clear where in the world the hostage video was recorded. I don’t care if I get caught by the cops or anything. I’ll apply to any store you need me to apply to. “They’re going to kill me if you don’t,” Foreshadow continued, offering to get a job as a complicit mobile store employee or “plug” to help with future SIM-swaps. A still shot from that video is available here. Bleeding from a swollen mouth with two handguns pointed at his head, Foreshadow pleaded for his life. “Yo, Dan, please bro send the 200k,” Foreshadow said in the video, which was shot on Sept. The teen, known to the SIM-swapping community by the handle “ Foreshadow,” appears to have served as a “holder” - a term used to describe a low-level member of any SIM-swapping group who agrees to carry out the riskiest and least rewarding role of the crime: Physically keeping and managing the various mobile devices and SIM cards that are used in SIM-swapping scams. The grisly kidnapping video has been circulating on a number of Telegram chat channels dedicated to SIM-swapping - the practice of tricking or bribing mobile phone store employees into diverting a target’s phone number, text messages and calls to a device the attackers control. federal investigators, who are responding to an alarming number of reports of physical violence tied to certain online crime communities. The youth is now reportedly cooperating with U.S. The teen’s captives held guns to his head while forcing him to record a video message pleading with his crew to fork over a $200,000 ransom in exchange for his life. A Florida teenager who served as a lackey for a cybercriminal group that specializes in cryptocurrency thefts was beaten and kidnapped last week by a rival cybercrime gang.
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