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> Phone phishers hop on filesharing legal threats bandwagon
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post Sep 8 2008, 06:19 PM
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Phone phishers hop on filesharing legal threats bandwagon
Posted by XanTium | September 8 13:19 EST | News Category: GamingGeneral
 
From theregister.co.uk:
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Fraudsters have begun cold-calling householders to accuse them of copyright infringement online and threaten them with court action, an ISP has reported.

The development comes soon after the law firm Davenport Lyons won a widely-reported £16,000 default court award for a videogames firm from an alleged filesharer. Davenport Lyons followed up the default judgement by telling newspapers that it had identified 25,000 more targets that it would take to court if they did not pay a £300 settlement.

Small ADSL provider UKFSN received a support call yesterday from an elderly customer who was concerned after being contacted by a scammer on Tuesday.

Accused of illegally sharing music, UKFSN's subscriber was savvy enough to refuse to give any details, and turned the tables on the caller, demanding to know where they were calling from. When they refused to provide credentials he hung up.
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Full Story: theregister.co.uk

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post Sep 8 2008, 08:34 PM
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Prob the same people that ask for your GS boost login info, they just move on.
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post Sep 9 2008, 03:43 AM
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I would be damned if I would believe anyone on the phone either.

If legal action was to take place it would be through mail (in writing) first.

Can't believe there are people that might actually fall for this.
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post Sep 9 2008, 12:21 PM
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QUOTE(majik655 @ Sep 8 2008, 11:19 PM) *

I would be damned if I would believe anyone on the phone either.

If legal action was to take place it would be through mail (in writing) first.

Can't believe there are people that might actually fall for this.


Well there are a lot of dumb people in the world these days. Look how many people fall for nigerian scams and such other similar scams..
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post Sep 10 2008, 05:59 PM
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