Re: A fake or a threat ?

From: Br0wnbear (browbearat_at_canadadotcom)
Date: 02/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:27:04 -0500

>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>
>--_O5X7M_Mime_003.6b912112f33c17.3962848ac
>
>Ladies and Gentlemen,
>Downloading of Movies, MP3s and Software is illegal and punishable by law.
>
>We hereby inform you that your computer was scanned under the IP
>193.207.168.197 . The
>contents of your computer were confiscated as an evidence, and you will be
>indicated.
>In the next days you will receive the charge in writing.
>In the Reference code: #47517, are all files, that we found on your
>computer.
>
>The sender address of this mail was masked, to protect us against mail
>bombs.
>
>
>- You get more detailed information by the Federal Bureau of
>Investigation -FBI-
>- Department for "Illegal Internet Downloads", Room 7350
>- 935 Pennsylvania Avenue
>- Washington, DC 20535, USA
>- (202) 324-3000
>--_O5X7M_Mime_003.6b912112f33c17.3962848ac
>Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=refcode47517.txt.com
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
>Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="refcode47517.txt.com"
>
>TVqQAAMAAAAEAAAA//8AALgAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>AAAAyAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADczNzI4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>
>
>*Unquote*
>
>What to think of this ? I tend to believe it's bluff.
>What's the meaning of all these AAA's at the end of the message ?
>I use Zone Alarm , ADSL and a TrendNet TW100 router.
>
>Note: I deliberately altered the sender's address by adding " X " (just in
>case...)
>
>Thierry
>

nice grammar

jbrown
"A Computer is almost human. Except
that it doesn't blame its mistakes on
another computer."

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