UK Users Hit With Fake Copyright Enforcement Letters Scammers Target Government's Upcoming Three Strikes Plan As ISPs here in the States begin to act as the entertainment industry's Internet baby sitters despite significant problems with their new enforcement plans, a UK scam highlights yet another potential pitfall of these system: scammers. With the UK set to start implementing a three strikes system in 2014, scammers are already hard at work conning users out of cash by using fake copyright violation letters. The poorly written scam letters (did you know that's usually intentional to help weed out smart folks?) claim to be sent by the "Digital Econnomy Act," warning recipients the must immediately pay a £50 fee.
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  PhoenixDown-- Wants FIOSPremium
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kudos:1 | I did not know that was intentional Interesting tid bit for a Monday morning  | |
| |  | | | Re: Where there's money to be made... Yeah, I've read several articles about that. One thing they didn't mention here is that another reason the e-mails are poorly written is because those who would fall for them would expect the writer's English to be bad, so the e-mails fit what they'd expect to receive from someone in Nigeria. Also, it's a way to make the mark believe that they're smarter than the writer and can therefore take advantage of his perceived ignorance. It makes them think that they have the upper hand when they're actually the one being played. | |
| | | | You have the Professional cons, like the RIAA & the MPAA and now the Amateur cons are getting a piece of the action...Sad.... | |
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| Re: Where there's money to be made... said by cableman0327:You have the Professional cons, like the RIAA & the MPAA and now the Amateur cons are getting a piece of the action...Sad....
Arguably the **AAs are doing what they do within the legal system, and are not mis-representing themselves though.
It's *almost* extortion but there's no doubt about who's coming at you.
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| | | | Re: . Sue the scammers for copyright infringement on there business..... | |
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|  ShadowMastrMaster Of All Shadows
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Fort Pierce, FL | said by David:I wonder what the AA's are going to do about the "fake" problem?
They're already on it. They are contacting the scammers and demanding only 75% of what they bring in. And they get to stay in business.
Otherwise, they bring in their thugs and make things very uneasy for them.......
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