"Illegal Music Downloads"

[morse]

Check this out. I just got this email:

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 19:24:50 -0600
From: Jay Roth < jroth@lqgen.com >
To: himself@morsedesigns.com
Subject: Bureau of Entertainment Executive Rights Case No.: RG38751
Illegal Music Downloads


Bureau of Entertainment Executive Rights
2/20/2004 7:24:50 PM

Reed Morse
LAN No.: #4B-13XC4798220
Computer ID: HP9810-XK-Q63

Case No.: RG38751



Mr. Morse,

Recent documents received by this bureau indicate you have been involved in the unauthorized downloading and transferring of licensed music. Federal laws mandate that you immediately cease and desist all illegal activities pertaining to music theft. Further, you are required by law to pay all incurred penalties in conjunction with Amendment 34-C, officially passed on March 10, 2003.

In accordance with state jurisdictions, your failure to pay these penalties in full within 30 days of receipt of this notice will result in a warrant for your arrest. We are also required by law to inform you that a second offense will result in a minimum jail sentence of 90 days.

Penalties incurred in your particular case may be reviewed on our government Web site. All cases are deemed confidential. Penalties are assessed by each individual download, charged at a nonnegotiable rate of $1,200 per infraction. Click your specific case number (Case No.: RG38751) http://www.liquidgeneration.com/riaa.aspx?pqkxr2cg8bhlp9gi to view the total amount due or to dispute your case.

Sincerely,

Jay Roth
U.S. Agent
Bureau of Entertainment Executive Rights
Case No.: RG38751


Interesting, scared me for a sec. Then I realized that the email wasn't from a .gov, and i decided to check out www.lqgen.com. Obviously not a government organization. So then I performed a google search on "Bureau of Entertainment Executive Rights." No such thing.

Stupid joke. But I can see how many people could buy it...

[thoriphes]

at least it was just a joke and not a scam.

[reverendflash]

first thing I looked at...

learn this lesson well Morse... there will be tons more of these, and most will not be so easily debunked...

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[GreenLantern]

I wonder if anybody will fess up and pay 30,000 to a non-goverment agency?

[T-O]

lol i am going to send some to :P

[mlk]

Then I realized that the email wasn't from a .gov, and i decided to check out www.lqgen.com. Obviously not a government organization. So then I performed a google search on "Bureau of Entertainment Executive Rights." No such thing.


Would you have clicked the link provided in the mail you would have known right away that this was a joke: http://www.liquidgeneration.com/riaa.aspx?pqkxr2cg8bhlp9gi

[morse]

True, however, they generally record who goes to those links, hence they would know that I looked at their email, resulting in them sending me more. A while later I did look at the link, noticed the "sabotage" in the address bar...

[kirupa]

I wonder how they were able to find out your real first name. Is it one of those things that your friends sign you up for trying to trick you? :rambo:

[mdipi]

yeah k man they have a form lol. its a good joke tho...

[crewman747]

haha that was pretty funny

[Phat7]

I knew it was a joke right away looking at the domain lqgen.com. Those guys are crazy :D Nice joke :}

[Kajinku]

Also, I find it hard to believe that they would send you an e-mail for something like that. I think you would receive a real letter from a real post man if they caught you...