What should I do if I am threatened by SMS?

You can call the police if you are threatened by SMS. It is illegal to send short messages that threaten others and seriously affect their lives.

If the perpetrator threatens the personal safety of others by writing threatening letters or repeatedly sends obscene, insulting or intimidating information, the victim can call the police in time and be punished by the public security organ; If the circumstances are serious enough to constitute an insult, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to the specific circumstances.

China's "Public Security Administration Punishment Law" stipulates that anyone who writes threatening letters or threatens the personal safety of others by other means shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan.

legal ground

Article 42 of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment commits one of the following acts, and shall be detained for less than five days or fined less than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 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.