So I got this message in my QZ mailbox: (not having checked it for some time)
Subject: You use illegal File Sharing ...
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:54:10 +1200
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 61.154.83.232
. The
contents of your computer were confiscated as an evidence, and you will
be indicated.
In the next days, you'll get the charge in writing.
In the Reference code: #10595, 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
Followed by a returned mail one that ran thus:
This is the Postfix email server.
I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.
For further assistance, please contact the postmaster at the recipient
domain.
If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
delete your own text from the message returned below.
The Postfix program : the recipient's mailbox is full or would exceed
quota
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Now I can understand some silly spam/hoax crap but I have no idea what Gerli (*The Time Guardian*) has to do with all this. As far as I am aware I haven't got any viruses.
Can anyone shed some light on this or has received it themselves? I realise that it definitely is spam because not only do I live in New Zealand, even I know that the correct term is 'indicted' not 'indicated'! I was just wondering what the point of it was. Some pop up also came but I didn't want to download and run said file.
so, I have a worm? I don't think so, I'm very careful.
I'm no closer to solving the mystery...although as yet I haven't been 'indicated'!
And no, I never sent anything to Gerli.