Does This Writing Look Familiar To You? Help Catch Scorpio or Bullit a Caucasian Man in his 60’s

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and NSW Police are appealing for the public’s help to identify a person behind a sustained letter-writing campaign that has targeted more than 100 federal and state parliamentarians, religious organisations and community leaders over the past decade.

Investigators say the letters, sent between 2015 and 2026, range from offensive to outright threatening, and have now been seized and forensically examined as part of two parallel investigations: NSW Police’s Strike Force Yewrangara, run out of the Security Investigation Unit, and a separate AFP National Security Investigations probe focused on correspondence sent to federal parliamentarians and community groups.

Do You Know Scorpio or Bullit?

Police have released images of the handwriting, hoping someone will recognise it.

The author writes in a distinctive printed hand with prominent capitalisation of the letters “F”, “L”, “T”, “N” and “H”, and signs off using the pseudonyms “Scorpio” or “Bullit”.

In some letters, his pseudonym is accompanied by a smiley face with eyes formed from what appear to be impressions of bullet casings.

The person sending the letters also sometimes includes newspaper clippings and images of prominent people, with content generally focused on national affairs and matters of community interest.

NSW Police Force Acting Superintendent John Walke said detectives believe they are closing in on the author.

“We believe the offender is of Caucasian appearance and in his 60s, so we are appealing to the community if they recognise any of the symbols or names in the letter excerpts and can relate them to someone of that profile to please let police know,” Acting Superintendent Walke said.

“We are determined to bring this person to account because their behaviour is certainly offensive and at times threatening, and people deserve to be able to go about their work without being subjected to threats.”

AFP Superintendent Nathan Robertson said the priority was stopping any further escalation.

“We have very real concerns about the content of these letters, and people in public life deserve to go about their jobs or careers without being subject to harassment or threats,” Superintendent Robertson said.

“Our investigations are into allegations of criminal behaviour, but we also have concerns about whether the person responsible for them has access to appropriate health and support services.”

Senator says Racist Content Not Acknowledged by Police

National Indigenous Times reported that independent Senator Lidia Thorpe, one of the letters’ recipients, said the correspondence sent to her contained death threats and Nazi symbols, and that letters sent to other recipients reportedly contained anti-Muslim content and racist abuse.

Thorpe told the outlet she believed police and authorities should be more direct in naming racism, Islamophobia and white supremacy when describing this kind of material, and said letters concerning her had reportedly sat on a national threat database for two years before she was made aware of them.

“It’s notable that today’s public statement made no mention of the racist, Islamophobic and white supremacist content contained in these letters,” Thorpe told the National Indigenous Times.

The NSW Police or the AFP in their joint media release, only described the letters as offensive, harassing or threatening.

If You Recognise the Handwriting, What Should You Do?

Anyone who recognises the handwriting or the symbols used, or has other information that may assist investigators, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via nsw.crimestoppers.com.au, or report to the National Security Hotline on 1800 123 400.