what should i do? someone if threatening to kill.. Options

[dumbbrunettex3]

i don't know what to do....someone wrote me a email and knows me and hates me, but i don't know which one of the people it is who hates me....
you see my father is away with business in another country and won't be back until either december or next year, and this person who hates me knows this, and wrote in a letter: "and ur dad i bet u don even hav one!!!!! i bet he died or sometin!!! yayy!!!!!! hahahaha im laffin at ur dad in helll!!! ur mom will join him someday too and u of course!!!!! if not in the next 2 years, i will personally kill u both!!!!! and this isnt juss some stupid childish threat im serious i will kill u both." im scared and i don't know what to do....someone help me what do i do?

[Spirited Away]

1) the style of writing suggest it's some pre-teen loser who's desperate for attention. In case that he/she/it is not pre-teen, then he/she it is just a loser.

2) whether or not this is a prank, you must let an adult know. that bit about your dad is too mean to be anything a friend can say. don't be scared, be prepared. (i didn't mean to rhyme). say "mom (teacher, or a mature friend), i got this weird hate email and i don't know what to make of it. what do you think?"

3) if you want to get this person out in the open, simply ignore the emails (after letting someone else, an adult, know about it). DO NOT attempt to reply to such messages. they'll be forced to find another way to contact you and you'll know whether or not to take this threat seriously.