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Title: Fact or fiction? Message from the FBI?
Post by: MamaLiberty on November 21, 2017, 09:25:47 am
Got this in email just a moment ago. Smells very fishy... as in fishing expedition. No details to refute? I'm sure not going to call them. :)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Internet Crime Investigation Center

FBI - Minneapolis Suite 3367

149 Washington Avenue, South

MN 55813

Telephone: (888) 308-9518

Fax: (888) 308-9518

 

October 22, 2017

 

RE: Case: 8743174464

 

The IP registered on your name was referred to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center several times as being a possible suspect of federal cyber crime.

Through investigation conducted by our Cyber Division of the FBI your IP address and other identifying information were used to commit multiple online fraud and abuse crimes. This investigation covers the time period from August 8, 2017 to the present date.

We appreciate your instant attention to this matter. Contact us urgently , at phone number listed below.

 

Sincerely, Kim Miller

Internet Crime Investigation Center

Minneapolis Suite 2244

118 Washington Ave, West

MinneapolisMN 55959

Phone: (888) 308-9518

Fax: (888) 308-9518
Title: Re: Fact or fiction? Message from the FBI?
Post by: MamaLiberty on November 21, 2017, 09:29:00 am
Oh, and look at the sender's email address: Aluyesu@c20029233-24.consulnetworks.com.co
And the date...

Never mind. Just some silly spam.

Doesn't mean "they" are not looking at us, of course.  :dnftt:
Title: Re: Fact or fiction? Message from the FBI?
Post by: knobster on November 21, 2017, 12:33:37 pm
Spam indeed.  The FBI would just teleport themselves through the hidden holo-emitters throughout your house that you didn't realize were there.  Why waste time with email?
Title: Re: Fact or fiction? Message from the FBI?
Post by: Bill St. Clair on November 21, 2017, 08:22:12 pm
Notifications of crime do not come in email. They are hand delivered by someone who says, "You have been served", or by men with guns and badges who drag you away.
Title: Re: Fact or fiction? Message from the FBI?
Post by: MamaLiberty on November 22, 2017, 04:51:55 am
Notifications of crime do not come in email. They are hand delivered by someone who says, "You have been served", or by men with guns and badges who drag you away.

Of course. :)  But I suppose there is no shortage of silly ploys to get people to incriminate themselves either. You just never know.

Did you ever read my short story, "There's a Fed in My Soup?"
Title: Re: Fact or fiction? Message from the FBI?
Post by: Bill St. Clair on November 22, 2017, 02:35:11 pm
Did you ever read my short story, "There's a Fed in My Soup?"

Maybe, but not recently enough to remember anything about it. Link?
Title: Re: Fact or fiction? Message from the FBI?
Post by: MamaLiberty on November 22, 2017, 02:43:34 pm
Did you ever read my short story, "There's a Fed in My Soup?"

Maybe, but not recently enough to remember anything about it. Link?

Never published. :) I'll send it to you in email.  (Anyone else want to read it? Let me know what email address to use for you.)
Title: Re: Fact or fiction? Message from the FBI?
Post by: MamaLiberty on November 22, 2017, 05:02:57 pm
Just sent it to you Bill.
Title: Re: Fact or fiction? Message from the FBI?
Post by: Bill St. Clair on November 23, 2017, 02:04:58 am
Just sent it to you Bill.

Thanks, MamaLiberty. I'm about half-way through. The story feels familiar, but it could just be similar to something else I've read. Probably won't finish until the morning. It's 3am, and I really need another sleep cycle.
Title: Re: Fact or fiction? Message from the FBI?
Post by: Elias Alias on December 23, 2017, 02:14:37 am
Did you ever read my short story, "There's a Fed in My Soup?"

Maybe, but not recently enough to remember anything about it. Link?

Never published. :) I'll send it to you in email.  (Anyone else want to read it? Let me know what email address to use for you.)

ML, please send me one of those copies of your story about a "Fed In My Soup". Sounds cool!

Noiw dig this. One of our other members got an email from the FBI just like you did, only that email was sent to him by a fake email address using my name. He contacted me immediately, so he knows it was not from me. It did use my "eliasalias" prefix for an email address, but had the wrong suffix, and he recognized that error and did not respond.
Am guessing there is little we can do about such mischief, but I sure do hope none of my friends get anything like that with my name on it -- and if anyone reading here does, now you know to ditch it as spam. Sheesh!

Salute!
Elias
Title: Re: Fact or fiction? Message from the FBI?
Post by: MamaLiberty on December 23, 2017, 04:58:58 am
You got it, Elias. I'll send you the story. It's not long, but it is fun. :)
Title: Re: Fact or fiction? Message from the FBI?
Post by: Lonewolf72 on December 23, 2017, 09:49:24 pm
I would like to read it , too. Thank You.

email is in profile