13 Facts About Bomb threats

Bomb threats were used to incite fear and violence during the American Civil Rights Movement, during which leader of the movement Martin Luther King Jr.

Many bomb threats that are not pranks are made as parts of other crimes, such as extortion, arson, or aircraft hijacking.

Bomb threats made as part of extortion schemes demand some form of bribe, payment, or incentive to prevent the use of a bomb.

Bomb threats made as jokes or pranks, especially those made against schools, cause thousands of dollars in law enforcement costs, government resources, and lost educational time annually.

False flag bomb threats are made to create the appearance of a specific group or person being responsible for an activity to disguise the true perpetrators.

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British royal family, specifically the Queen, has faced bomb threats based on blame for the actions of the British government.

Some bomb threats are made because of ideological differences or opposition to the mission or perceived mission of the institution, such as those made against Planned Parenthood and abortion clinics, news organizations such as CNN, or nuclear facilities.

Some Bomb threats are motivated by money, involving an offender demanding a payoff from a bank or department store over a public phone.

The majority of bomb threats are perpetrated by middle-aged men who make these threats via a telephone call.

Bomb threats may be made by text message, as in the case of a March 2004 message to a private operator sending a warning of bombs in five Washington, DC schools, and February 2014 messages to school employees of Ateneo de Manila University.

Electronic bomb threats may be made over websites, email, or social media, as in the case of the emailed wave of 2018 Bitcoin bomb threats in the United States and Canada.

Many activities treated as bomb threats do not explicitly state an intent to set off an explosive; nevertheless, they convey through context or action that a threat is being made.

Bomb threats are likely influenced by the power of suggestion and mass media, with threats likely to be made against targets with recent media coverage.