Does threatening SMS constitute a crime?

Whether sending threatening text messages constitutes a crime needs to be analyzed according to the specific situation:

1. If the purpose of intimidation or threat is to obtain property and have sex, it may constitute the crime of extortion, robbery and rape; In this case, you can report to the public security, and the public security organ decides to file a case for investigation;

2. If the purpose of intimidation or threat is to sign an unequal contract, then the contract can be cancelled; In this case, you can bring a lawsuit to the court to request the termination of the contract;

3. If intimidation, threats and further actions are taken, it may constitute preparation for the crime of intentional injury. You can report the case to the public security organ and initiate criminal proceedings to investigate criminal responsibility;

4. If the intimidation or threat is only a verbal act, there is no other intention or further behavior, it is difficult to investigate its legal responsibility.

Legal basis: Article 42 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law.

One of the following acts shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may be fined up to five hundred yuan:

(1) writing threatening letters or threatening the personal safety of others by other means;

(2) publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others;

(3) fabricating facts, falsely accusing and framing others, and attempting to subject others to criminal investigation or public security administration punishment;

(4) Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives;

(5) sending obscene, insulting, intimidating or other information for many times to interfere with the normal life of others;

(six) voyeurism, sneak shots, eavesdropping, spreading the privacy of others.