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echo: barktopus
to: Phil Payne
from: Antti Kurenniemi
date: 2003-12-22 09:20:22
subject: Re: Aggressive viruses

From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

I got one of these, too. I can tell it's a lame scam attempt because I know
for a fact that there are no downloaded MP3's or movies or anything else on
my computer. But I do think that whoever 12 year old kid is behind this has
a fairly good sense of humour...


Antti Kurenniemi

"Phil Payne"  wrote in message
news:3FE5B7FD.1BB89DB5{at}isham-research.com...
> It's turning into a blizzard here.  Some are sneakier than others -
picking
> on a recent theme here:
>
> ======================================================
>
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>
> --_TOWER_Mime_004.dd9f9443e.5621
>
> 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
> 62.213.175.84 . The
> contents of your computer were confiscated as an evidence, and you will be
> indicated.
> You get the charge in writing, in the next days.
> In the Reference code: #20390, 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
>
> --_TOWER_Mime_004.dd9f9443e.5621
> Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=refcode20390.txt.com
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
> Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="refcode20390.txt.com"
>
> ==============================================
>
> We can all guess what follows, can't we?
>
> --
>   Phil Payne
>   http://www.isham-research.com
>   +44 7785 302 803
>   +49 173 6242039

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