Anonymous Tip facts
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Wrongful convict Shareef Cousin was arrested on the basis of an anonymous tip to crimestoppers. It was later discovered that the officer who arrested him was the one who phoned in the tip and collected the 10K reward.
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A French woman was locked away in a dark room for 25 years by her own family and was only found (surrounded in filth) after the police received an anonymous tip.
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what do police do with anonymous tips?
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The New Yorker' magazine has a Tor site called 'Strongbox' to allow for sensitive tips where anonymity is critical
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The murderer of Bill Cosby's son was found from an anonymous tip... given to the National Enquirer.
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If someone calls in an anonymous tip stating that your dog bit someone and animal control comes to take them away, you do not have to, and should not, give them your dog
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A Washington State Sheriff’s office Cold Case Unit created a deck of playing cards featuring missing people and homicide victims, and distributed them to inmates in the hopes of receiving anonymous tips
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In 1971 a man successfully blackmailed QANTAS airlines out of $500,000 after claiming he had put a bomb on a flight to Hong Kong. The police bundled the investigation and the man was only caught after an anonymous tip-off. $224,000 was never recovered.
