Edit: I got dominated in practical joke.

[Ylen13]

Two things comes to my mind

1) Your friend or someone else played joke on you

2) Riaa decided to send you an email with spook email header.

FBI as general practice don't tell people that they are under investigation as it would defeat the purpose of investigation after all you can destroy all of the evidence of having pirate music on your computer.

 

[fatbaby]

Well just to be safe, invest in several hundred of these and put at least 20 of em in every door frame that leads out of your house. That way when they remove your comp and take it for their 60 day scanning thing, it go boom.

 

[leinadM]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: FortFunFoSho

Originally posted by: jteef
so call the fbi and ask if they emailed you. Make them tell you again what it is in regards to. i.e. don't bring up the subject matter of the email until its clear that they actually are investigating you on the issues in the email.

Then what?
Do I be like well I have never used Kazaa......

Hang up and microwave your computer.
- M4H

Or just buy all the CDs/software that you downloaded. Then if wouldn't be a "crime" anymore..or would it??

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: leinadM

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: FortFunFoSho

Originally posted by: jteef
so call the fbi and ask if they emailed you. Make them tell you again what it is in regards to. i.e. don't bring up the subject matter of the email until its clear that they actually are investigating you on the issues in the email.

Then what?
Do I be like well I have never used Kazaa......

Hang up and microwave your computer.
- M4H

Or just buy all the CDs/software that you downloaded. Then if wouldn't be a "crime" anymore..or would it??

Somehow I doubt the average warezmonkey has the cash to purchase even a tenth of the stuff they download.

I used to be ... ahem ... "grey area" myself, but thanks to student discounts and working for a university, I cleaned myself out.

- M4H

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: leinadM
Or just buy all the CDs/software that you downloaded. Then if wouldn't be a "crime" anymore..or would it??

Nope, not according to the RIAA. According to them, you have no fair use rights, so you are not allowed to buy a CD and make a rip of it onto your own computer, even if you do not share said rip (the ripping of the CD is perfectly legal, despite what the RIAA says, but the sharing is illegal).

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: FortFunFoSho
Yes, this account can only be accessed via web.

i doubt there is a school account that doesn't allow POP or IMAP access, and only web like you say. Find out how to d/l your email to client like Outlook, and view the headers from there.

 

[jteef]

Originally posted by: FortFunFoSho

Originally posted by: jteef
so call the fbi and ask if they emailed you. Make them tell you again what it is in regards to. i.e. don't bring up the subject matter of the email until its clear that they actually are investigating you on the issues in the email.

Then what?
Do I be like well I have never used Kazaa......

"I think you must be mistaken" then hang up and call a lawyer

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: fatbaby
Well just to be safe, invest in several hundred of these and put at least 20 of em in every door frame that leads out of your house. That way when they remove your comp and take it for their 60 day scanning thing, it go boom.

or just put bombs in your computer so that when the power goes out, the hard drives blow up....oh, and make sure to get a giant UPS

 

[Ylen13]

Originally posted by: DanFungus

Originally posted by: fatbaby
Well just to be safe, invest in several hundred of these and put at least 20 of em in every door frame that leads out of your house. That way when they remove your comp and take it for their 60 day scanning thing, it go boom.

or just put bombs in your computer so that when the power goes out, the hard drives blow up....oh, and make sure to get a giant UPS

roflol i like that idea

 

[Ylen13]

fbi

 

[Conky]

Somebody's messing with you.

First, even Kazaa can't tell if you are using the original Kazaa or Kazaa Lite, there is no way the FBI could either. Second, there is no way they could get your real name either.

One of your friends is trying to freak you out and it worked.

 

[GermyBoy]

Originally posted by: Ylen13

Originally posted by: DanFungus

Originally posted by: fatbaby Well just to be safe, invest in several hundred of these and put at least 20 of em in every door frame that leads out of your house. That way when they remove your comp and take it for their 60 day scanning thing, it go boom.

or just put bombs in your computer so that when the power goes out, the hard drives blow up....oh, and make sure to get a giant UPS

roflol i like that idea

That's one way. A guy I know has a big electromagnet underneath his drives. 1 flip of a switch, it nukes ALL of his data. Showed me an example on an old p133. Computer at maximum distance from old monitor. Turns it on, my watch stops (he paid for it later), the monitor showed all the data but it was being sucked towards the magnet, and the computer drive had a head crash into the platter. Very interesting...

Wasted a 400MB harddrive too.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Ylen13
fbi

:Q

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Try forwarding it to a "real" email account, at least a tiny bit of the stuff may be retained (different mail servers and clients and software can leave all sorts of whacky stuff in headers).

 

[leinadM]

Originally posted by: GermyBoy

Originally posted by: Ylen13

Originally posted by: DanFungus

Originally posted by: fatbaby Well just to be safe, invest in several hundred of these and put at least 20 of em in every door frame that leads out of your house. That way when they remove your comp and take it for their 60 day scanning thing, it go boom.

or just put bombs in your computer so that when the power goes out, the hard drives blow up....oh, and make sure to get a giant UPS

roflol i like that idea

That's one way. A guy I know has a big electromagnet underneath his drives. 1 flip of a switch, it nukes ALL of his data. Showed me an example on an old p133. Computer at maximum distance from old monitor. Turns it on, my watch stops (he paid for it later), the monitor showed all the data but it was being sucked towards the magnet, and the computer drive had a head crash into the platter. Very interesting...
.

You could actually see the data being sucked twards the magnet? Awsome!

 

[FortFunFoSho]

And I am now the center of a big practical joke.

Hmm there is a reason they used an account in which no headers can be read...

Thank you for everyones help. And input. I will now go sit in a corner.

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: Ylen13
fbi

:Q

 

[fatbaby]

Originally posted by: leinadM

Originally posted by: GermyBoy

Originally posted by: Ylen13

Originally posted by: DanFungus

Originally posted by: fatbaby Well just to be safe, invest in several hundred of these and put at least 20 of em in every door frame that leads out of your house. That way when they remove your comp and take it for their 60 day scanning thing, it go boom.

or just put bombs in your computer so that when the power goes out, the hard drives blow up....oh, and make sure to get a giant UPS

roflol i like that idea

That's one way. A guy I know has a big electromagnet underneath his drives. 1 flip of a switch, it nukes ALL of his data. Showed me an example on an old p133. Computer at maximum distance from old monitor. Turns it on, my watch stops (he paid for it later), the monitor showed all the data but it was being sucked towards the magnet, and the computer drive had a head crash into the platter. Very interesting...
.

You could actually see the data being sucked twards the magnet? Awsome!

Holy crap! Was it just like the matrix? Maybe if i find out how to reverse the process, it could suck me in too? (when i'm looking at a pron site?)

 

[GermyBoy]

Originally posted by: leinadM

Originally posted by: GermyBoy

Originally posted by: Ylen13

Originally posted by: DanFungus

Originally posted by: fatbaby Well just to be safe, invest in several hundred of these and put at least 20 of em in every door frame that leads out of your house. That way when they remove your comp and take it for their 60 day scanning thing, it go boom.

or just put bombs in your computer so that when the power goes out, the hard drives blow up....oh, and make sure to get a giant UPS

roflol i like that idea

That's one way. A guy I know has a big electromagnet underneath his drives. 1 flip of a switch, it nukes ALL of his data. Showed me an example on an old p133. Computer at maximum distance from old monitor. Turns it on, my watch stops (he paid for it later), the monitor showed all the data but it was being sucked towards the magnet, and the computer drive had a head crash into the platter. Very interesting... .

You could actually see the data being sucked twards the magnet? Awsome!

LOL, just reread what I wrote. Not the data, but what was on the screen. Turned neat colors too. Hurts the eyes though. Mine at least.

 

[leinadM]

Originally posted by: GermyBoy

Originally posted by: leinadM

Originally posted by: GermyBoy

Originally posted by: Ylen13

Originally posted by: DanFungus

Originally posted by: fatbaby Well just to be safe, invest in several hundred of these and put at least 20 of em in every door frame that leads out of your house. That way when they remove your comp and take it for their 60 day scanning thing, it go boom.

or just put bombs in your computer so that when the power goes out, the hard drives blow up....oh, and make sure to get a giant UPS

roflol i like that idea

That's one way. A guy I know has a big electromagnet underneath his drives. 1 flip of a switch, it nukes ALL of his data. Showed me an example on an old p133. Computer at maximum distance from old monitor. Turns it on, my watch stops (he paid for it later), the monitor showed all the data but it was being sucked towards the magnet, and the computer drive had a head crash into the platter. Very interesting... .

You could actually see the data being sucked twards the magnet? Awsome!

LOL, just reread what I wrote. Not the data, but what was on the screen. Turned neat colors too. Hurts the eyes though. Mine at least.

Yeah, I put a magnet up to a monitor once. Bad idea. Messed it up real bad. heheh

 

[leinadM]

Originally posted by: fatbaby

Originally posted by: leinadM

Originally posted by: GermyBoy

Originally posted by: Ylen13

Originally posted by: DanFungus

Originally posted by: fatbaby Well just to be safe, invest in several hundred of these and put at least 20 of em in every door frame that leads out of your house. That way when they remove your comp and take it for their 60 day scanning thing, it go boom.

or just put bombs in your computer so that when the power goes out, the hard drives blow up....oh, and make sure to get a giant UPS

roflol i like that idea

That's one way. A guy I know has a big electromagnet underneath his drives. 1 flip of a switch, it nukes ALL of his data. Showed me an example on an old p133. Computer at maximum distance from old monitor. Turns it on, my watch stops (he paid for it later), the monitor showed all the data but it was being sucked towards the magnet, and the computer drive had a head crash into the platter. Very interesting...
.

You could actually see the data being sucked twards the magnet? Awsome!

Holy crap! Was it just like the matrix? Maybe if i find out how to reverse the process, it could suck me in too? (when i'm looking at a pron site?)

hahahah. Now that would be pretty strange

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: leinadM

Originally posted by: GermyBoy

Originally posted by: leinadM

Originally posted by: GermyBoy

Originally posted by: Ylen13

Originally posted by: DanFungus

Originally posted by: fatbaby Well just to be safe, invest in several hundred of these and put at least 20 of em in every door frame that leads out of your house. That way when they remove your comp and take it for their 60 day scanning thing, it go boom.

or just put bombs in your computer so that when the power goes out, the hard drives blow up....oh, and make sure to get a giant UPS

roflol i like that idea

That's one way. A guy I know has a big electromagnet underneath his drives. 1 flip of a switch, it nukes ALL of his data. Showed me an example on an old p133. Computer at maximum distance from old monitor. Turns it on, my watch stops (he paid for it later), the monitor showed all the data but it was being sucked towards the magnet, and the computer drive had a head crash into the platter. Very interesting... .

You could actually see the data being sucked twards the magnet? Awsome!

LOL, just reread what I wrote. Not the data, but what was on the screen. Turned neat colors too. Hurts the eyes though. Mine at least.

Yeah, I put a magnet up to a monitor once. Bad idea. Messed it up real bad. heheh

That's why they put a "degauss" function on those things.

 

[Aceshigh]

Even if the authorities were after you for file sharing, it wouldn't be the FBI doing it. I suspect it would be your state sheriff or a similar jurisdiction.

The FBI has bigger things to do.

I think it's a hoax.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: FallenHero
Uhhhh...do you think the FBI would really tell you if they are investigating YOU for filesharing? Wouldnt that kind of ruin their evidence gathering? If it is legit, scare tactic at best. Call the number and see what happens.

Exactly. There would be no reason to inform you of the investigation. Even the FBI isn't that stupid.

 

[thomsbrain]

I don't think they operate like that. I thought the way they do things is you are served with cease and desist papers first... I don't know for sure though.