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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 62.241.246.219 . The contents of your computer were confiscated as an evidence, and you will be indicated.
In the next days you will receive the charge in writing.
In the Reference code: #32921, are all files, that we found on your
computer.

The sender address of this mail was masked, to fend off 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

They got me worried for about three seconds, before I added up all the inconsistencies and realized it could only be a prank. Google then quickly confirmed my suspicions that the FBI Department for "Illegal Internet Downloads" does not exist - yet.

It's as if Madonna could actually see me, and told me off for desperately trying to beat all the other queens to a downloaded preview copy of American Life.

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One Response to “hoax”

  1. David Says:

    Saturday 24 January 2004 at 7:19 pm

    I have received two lawyers' letters (proper letters, in the post and everything) informing me that I must desist from sharing certain files. The first one really worried me, but the second one claimed I had the film Down To Love, which I wouldn't touch with YOUR internet connection. (I did, however, have the first file - the letter was from Titan Media…)