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Old 03-02-2004, 12:36 AM
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I recieved this e-mail through jovimail.com today and it weirded me out a lot.
(From reactions@cryptsoft.com)

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Downloading of Movies, MP3s and Software is illegal and punishable by
law.

We hereby inform you that your computer was scanned under the IP 61.109.149.212
. The
contents of your computer were confiscated as an evidence, and you will
be indicated.
In the next days, you'll get the charge in writing.
In the Reference code: #50856, are all files, that we found on your
computer.

The sender address of this mail was masked, to protect us against mail
bombs.


- You get more detailed information by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation -FBI-
- Department for "Illegal Internet Downloads", Room 7350
- 935 Pennsylvania Avenue
- Washington, DC 20535, USA
- (202) 324-3000


There was an attachment that was an EXE file with it. The email in total was 102kb. The address for the FBI seems to be accurate and my brother told me comcast doesnt range that far in IPs (we use comcast). He also pointed out that if they were to list what they found, it would be in the em-ial or a text document, not an exe file. and They dont specify any specific material or address me by name. My brother ran a check and Cryptsoft.com seems to be ownedd by Tim something. Hoever, cryptsoft.com doesnt work. I fan a google search and one result showed a page from "sam@cryptsoft.com" and one of the things on the page said "CoderPunks"

Do you think I hhave anything to worry about? I know most information we gathered points to no, but i'm still very uneasy about it. I dont want to download the file in case it is a virus, but then again, ive no way to find out! If anyone can tell me if they got this also, or have any ideas in what I should do, please let me know.
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nah i wouldnt worry about it unless u opened the attachment.

go to hackerspider.de download some of the stuf fon there and go to town on the cunts email address.
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Old 03-02-2004, 12:52 AM
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What do I do with the program?
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forget it I recieved that severyl time from different sources at first it kinda scared me but I deleted it tried to forget it and recieved the same mails again several times through different adresses, even at times that my computer was set up new without any downloaded files, it`s spam nothing more
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Old 03-02-2004, 01:42 AM
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Report it to your server and allow their Technical Support people to investigate it. You may need to forward the attachment to someone at your server. Call them, but don't open it yourself.

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Well, you could always visit Room 7350, - 935 Pennsylvania Avenue
- Washington, DC 20535, USA - (202) 324-3000 to see for yourself if its true. My guess is its a prank, someone masquerading as the FBI to have a few laughs at others expense. Interestingly enough, if you found the creep that did this, you could turn him over to the FBI for impersonating a federal agent, which is a felony. Two other things which tipped me on to it being a prank is its "formletter" appearance, and the fact that it didn't come to your main email account (I'm guessing here that jovimail isn't your main account, that you've got an email account with your ISP). Not only that, but they'd probably snail-mail you a letter first, and/or show up at your door. If this happens, don't let them into your house until you make sure they have a warrant, and have called the judge that authorized it. Can't be too careful.

However, the FBI does have the technology to scan your computer remotely. Something called the "Green Lantern" virus. It slips past your virus program and compiles a list of all your keystrokes, which it uploads to the FBI. Very scary stuff. Don't take that for granted but there's a one in a million chance that it's really the FBI. I think its a prank. Try and find out who did it, and hand 'im over to the proper authorities.

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Listen, Ive closed this to stop further convo.

The Email is a FAKE, the attatchment is a virus, delete the ****ing thing :]
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btw, I get this email at least twice a week (and the fbi cant even prosecute me)
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