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23,322 Bittorrent users are being sued for downloading the worst movie...
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: AnimeJanai on September 27, 2011, 02:34:42 PM ---This stuff can also be scammed.
If someone can get their personal lawyer to fool the ISP and get the addresses of users affiliated with the list of IP addresses, a fake lawyer letter can then be sent to each of those people requesting the $2500 to $5000 fee. Since users are not going to call the RIAA up to cross-verify, and the RIAA would not tell them anything anyways, it is difficult to know what is what.
Meanwhile, the scammer collects your fee due to your fear or beta attitude towards the Bill of Rights.
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That reminds me of the guy who earned a few grand by posting an ad saying "last chance to send in your dollar!" in the newspaper.
Supai:
I liked The Expendables. ::)
metro.:
Kinda reminds me of some guy that conned an Ivy League university out of a full ride all the way up until his last year of his Ph.D, at that point you almost should just give it to the guy, damn.
AnimeJanai:
The scam method involves running a bittorrent client on one of the hollywood movies being downloaded. You collect a bunch of IP addresses that you know were downloading the movie. That is important, because a random fake lawyer letter is convincing when it lists the name of the downloaded movie and the victim knows full well that s/he was torrenting that movie. That's what clinches the deal and gets the fear factor going in the victim. If the victim has a corporate job, chances are they will not risk that job because many such jobs have a behaviour clause in the contract. That lets the corporation justifiably fire someone (as well as revoke or reverse company matching contributions for cause) under more beneficial terms than a normal firing or layoff. In such cases, state law may cover such (like in florida) where one might lose eligibility for unemployment compensation, worker retraining, state funded grants for retraining of newly unemployed workers, and COBRA medical coverage. In my state, you would lose all scholarship eligibility of any kind from any school that the state provides funds to which happens to be almost all of them. Knowing that, the corporate worker has a high chance of paying it off after he gets the second letter warning that a court case may involve investigation of all internet access records including those at the employer. Just mention employer a few times in the letter and the victim will shat some bricks.
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