Someone’s apparently been masquerading as the Dark Lord from the Harry Potter series by sending out harassment letters signed off by “Lord Voldermort”. (Although they could’ve at least spelled the name of He Who Must Not Be Named correctly.)
According to a police advisory, the threatening letters stamped with the word “URGENT” were delivered to residents of a particular housing block in Yishun, informing them of one of their neighbor’s failure to repay his/her debt. The recipients were told to make said debtor pay up, or their own flats would be harassed.
Several residents in multiple locations other than Yishun lodged police reports upon receiving the letters. The authorities advised them not to follow the instructions and to avoid sending an email reply to the address given.
According to Channel NewsAsia, a resident in Clementi received a similar letter warning the recipient that it was “not a spam or a prank”. “Lord Voldermort” went on to say that “I am writing this mail to you because you and your family is about to face disturbing events soon”, as one of their neighbors owed him a couple thousand dollars.
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“Please help me to urge him to pay me what I am supposed to get or I will start harassing YOUR unit,” declared the letter, which came with an email address and a deadline. “I am sure you do not want your gate on fire or red paint all over your unit.”
It went on to threaten the recipient with: “You might be thinking you are safe because you live in private property. I will not send this mail to you if I do not have ways to get to you and harass you.”
Member of Parliament for Nee Soon, Lee Bee Wah, posted a photo of the advisory on Wednesday (Aug 31), telling residents to alert the police — who have been stepping up patrols in the area — of any suspicious behavior.
