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Old 6th November 2008   #1 (permalink)
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Your internet access is going to get suspended
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Originally Posted by ICS Monitoring Team

The Internet Service Provider Consorcium was made to protect the rights of software authors, artists.
We conduct regular wiretapping on our networks, to monitor criminal acts.

We are aware of your illegal activities on the internet wich were originating from

You can check the report of your activities in the past 6 month that we have attached. We strongly advise you to stop your activities regarding the illegal downloading of copyrighted material of your internet access will be suspended.

Sincerely
ICS Monitoring Team
Just found that when going through my junk mailbox. Quite well written for spam actually apart from the second paragraph ending abruptly (as they have no idea what my IP is).
The sad thing is, people will fall for it. Just thought it was a clever and slightly relevant one Anyone had anything similar?
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Ha, never had anything like that before. I usually get a Nigerian pal who needs someone to look after his money for him....
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I get about 10 a day of them it seams.
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I got this email too, woo!
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I got this email too, woo!
Oooooh, nuaghty! What have you been downloading to incur their wrath?
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I wasn't sure if it was legit, so sent them some money just in case.
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Hmmm.. I wonder how many of these a day we block...
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