Scam! Please read

[darrenmartin]

Hi all i thought id share an experience that happened to me the other day. Whilst firing up my home pc just after id logged on my screen went completely blank and then stayed white for several seconds, what appeared next initially frightened the life out of me. A screen appeared claiming to be from the Metropolitan Police (met police logo in upper right corner) The text on the screen them went on to say "this computer has been locked by the Metropolitan Police as it has been used for one or more of the reasons listed. This list contained things like "this computer has been used to down load copyrighted material's" "this computer has been used to view illegal web sites" it even suggested that my computer may have been used to view "child pornography" There then followed an explanation of how my i.p address had been locked and that to un-lock my web access i had to PAY A FINE that had been imposed by the police. The total of the fine was £100. I was directed to several high street places where a "special voucher" could be purchased to the value of the fine. All this information was passed onto me by my very upset partner. Now im not as green as i am cabbage looking! and i told her not to touch the laptop and wait for me to get back. Scam scam scam is all i could think. So on my way home i called into my local Police station and enquired as to the Met's involvement in the situation. After a chat with a very helpful and knowledgeable police officer (i think every force has got one like this) he informed me this was without a doubt a money making........yes you guessed it....Scam. Iv passed the info onto the met and i am due a visit from the local force so they can look into it. Just thought id pass it on to you guys in case it was some thing that was doing the rounds nationally.

[AMCQ46]

Not heard of that one before, so thanks for the heads up.

But, I bet your other half is still suspecting that you have been upto no good on the Internet and is acting very strange towards you

[cupasoop]

Google it. It's an old scam that's been popping up for a few years now. If you've been viewing kiddy porn I don't think the met will be asking you for £100, more likely to get your front door kicked in at 5 in the morning by several hefty officers wanting a word with you.

[VTRDark]

fookin hell Darren, I've don't think Iv'e heard of that one either, but then I am computer savvy and don't use windblows.
So was this in your Browser or was it actually on your system? Virus alert, wooo woooo.... has your machine been compromised. If I were you I would be backing up all important data, zeroing the hard drive/drives and re-installing the operating system and apps etc etc. Give it a good clean out and start fresh with a clean system. Freaky sh1t!

Darren can I just say you post was really hard going to read. You could do with some line breaks in there mate.

After a chat with a very helpful and knowledgeable police officer (i think every force has got one like this)

Definitely only one.

If you've been viewing kiddy porn I don't think the met will be asking you for £100, more likely to get your front door kicked in at 5 in the morning by several hefty officers wanting a word with you.

and quite rightly so.

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[darrenmartin]

Sorry Carl (bloody hell ill write it in Fisher Price letters next time) Yeh sorry m8 after looking at it again i see what ya mean Hows this for ya m8.....
there was a nasty man...........................................and he made my computer not work.........................................he said i had been naughty.................................i went to see a nice police man...........blaa blaa blaa soz m8 couldnt resist ill take your advice though and go for a re-format and re-install cheers m8

[VTRDark]

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[Flatline]

Sorry Carl (bloody hell ill write it in Fisher Price letters next time) Yeh sorry m8 after looking at it again i see what ya mean Hows this for ya m8.....
there was a nasty man...........................................and he made my computer not work.........................................he said i had been naughty.................................i went to see a nice police man...........blaa blaa blaa soz m8 couldnt resist ill take your advice though and go for a re-format and re-install cheers m8

[agentpineapple]

if plods coming around, i'd suggest you clean up your browser history...........wink wink nudge nudge.....
get rid of those cookies aswell, just give the policeman rich tea instead............

[VTRDark]

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[darrenmartin]

[sirch345]

Cheers Darren for the heads-up

Chris.

[darrenmartin]

Your more than welcome m8 and just as an update............oh guess what! my pc works fine again (and i aint paid f%ck all) Some one needs a right good slapping!........but not by me coz

[rollingthunderx2]

These threats are usually groundless, do a virus scan, rebootcheck the cookies file for unwanted guests. Never pass on these warnings to your friends....LOL if you want to keep them : )

[Mav617]

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I know this is an old post but I was in tears watching that. COOOOKKKIIIEEEEE lol

[lumpyv]

both me and the little woman have had a couple of scam e mails recently. they were all similar, asking us to verify that payments taken from our bank accounts to various companies, natwest bank, skype and someone else i had not heard of were valid. "click on this link" to confirm etc etc.
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