it's a serious federal crime to use the
mail to threaten a person it's one of
more than 200 postal crimes that postal
inspectors investigate these melons may
threatening person's reputation or
involve blackmail or extortion or it
might be a hoax meant to scare the
recipient either way report such
mailings to postal inspectors and keep
the letters as evidence fortunately
these threats don't happen very often
but there's a newer version of threats
that come through social media online or
by text it's called cyberbullying and it
can be devastating if you are the target
but for help to come you have to let
someone know it's going on talk to your
parents teachers or other trusted adults
tell someone if you or anyone you know
is being bullied online or in person no
one should ever have to endure a bully
don't let it happen to you report
cyberbullying