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FBI locked my computer, says I need to pay $200. fine, happen to anyone else?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1053533:MV8yMDIzMzE2XzM0MDAyNDgzXzVDNDI1NEZF] It's fake, as everyone above has said. Trust me in this, if the FBI thought they had you on anything at all (copyright matters, illegal porn, anything...) There would be a knock at your door, not a heads up warning to leave the country like that. *The FBI CANNOT levy fines. They can arrest you. That's all. The same is true of the CIA/NSA etc. They DO NOT have a system of fines in place. (They might illegally kidnap you and remove you from the country for torture, but they won't ask you to wright a check. Ever.) [/quote]
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About 3 weeks ago my computer suddenly locked up. This spam looking page came on and said I needed to pay the government $200.00 in 48 hours. I read the page over and there were spelling errors on it. I just thought it was a virus or spam or something like that. In a couple of days it disappeared and I could use my computer again. I never paid the money. It didn't look professional at all. It sai something was found on my computer that wasn't legal.
Now it's happened again and my computers been locked up for about 3 days. This time it says it is from the FBI. It lists about 8 things that it might be that is illegal like copyrighted material to porn.
Has this happened to anyone else?
Is this for real? I've never seen it before in my life. I don't have anything on my computer that I know of. I know I don't have anything like porn on it.
I just thought I would try and ask if anyone else has experienced this and, if so, what can I expect. I haven't paid this fine either.
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