I am being sued?
 

Weird phone call.

Some chick called from some "settlement company." I get phone calls all the time asking me if I want to let them buy settlements from me. As I have no pending settlements I always blow them off. Today, I asked her why companies seem to think I have a pending settlement that I am waiting collection on.

She tells me that I am the one being sued!

Naturally, I ask for what, and she informs me that on August 17, 2005 some 537 songs were downloaded to my pc via Kazaa.

That is a pretty sweet trick considering I have never even visited their site.

damn looks like the DOJ gotcha for illegal downloading.

i like not having a landline. i never get these calls on my cell phone. hrm! annoying.:disgust

You know, you may be onto something here. I rarely get good news when that line rings.

Is that some marketing scheme?
Obviously, if you're being sued by someone you would have been served documents at some point?
Perhaps reporting this practice to the BBB or some marketing watchdog association would help.

probably BS...you never got served right?? They probably do that because they know 90% of people online at one point went to one of those sites and downloaded something, what exactly was she selling??

It was just a matter of time.

Next it will be "I saw you looking at naked teens" - you know its coming.

what's her number, she sounds cute

same thing i was thinking

Someone is just fishing for $$$ is my :2 cents:

Real lawsuits are delivered by the Sheriff or a process server. Settlements come in writing.

False acquisition. Maybe you can sue the company the woman represents?

its a scam

they do that to unsuspectings so they can "settle" for another decent amount to keep you from getting prosecuted.

there are tons of those assholes out there. get rid of the home phone and just use a cell :)

Vonage numbers never get shit like that, course I have a number from my old address, kept the same area code so my mom can talk to me without a long distance charge

Call the cops and report it as a scam.

Thank you for last night.. You were wonderful! :winkwink: :thumbsup

guess you got caught ;p

You sound surprised

As soon as you start apologizing you are served...:(

VoIP with no directory listing and a cell phone are your friend when it comes to cutting out the BS phone calls.

Next time tell her you know she's mistaken because you don't download songs, only beast porn. Then offer to send her the brand new video you just got today of an Irish Setter gangbang.

Yeah, I have Vonage, have NEVER had it spammed.

or propose her to take part in shooting.

that's the spirit

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

:winkwink:

It's a known marketing "practice" with these scuzzball collection/informer agencies...it's the bait and switch. They bait you into unknowingly admitting to something you didn't do and talking you into their consultations to rectify it.
I would definitely report this asap.
Definitely BS if never served the paperwork. They've probably been doing this with every single business owner/individual they notice that's net savvy...as like babymaker mentioned, 90% of people online at one point has downloaded illegally from p2p networks. :2 cents:

Sounds like she's scamming you into getting their services.

wtf is going on with this world?!

If it isn’t a scam and it does turn out to be the riaa/mpaa nutjobs one of the greater defenses atm (oddly enough) is going wireless lan instead of wired, and keep your router unsecured. It puts you at a higher risk but if the mpaa/riaa start up shit “lol, I have a wireless router, somebody else did it. My bad”. They seem to have a much harder time proving who downloaded what when just about anybody could have been using your lines.

It is a scam, in fact, I got the impression it was the girl's first day on the job.

First she kept telling me to stop yelling (I wasn't), then she kept acting like she could not hear me before she hung up.

I got the impression she was trying to make her co-workers think she was dealing with a troublesome person. I can't wait for the next call. I will be sure to be really polite and get an address to mail my payment into so I can report them.

Who exactly do you report them to? I haven?t gotten any scams like this, would like to know who/where to report it to if I ever get one. I would have fun with them on the phone regardless lol? sounds like you may just a nice laugh or two out of it yourself ;)

I would probably start with our local cops as they have an Internet Crime division, then the FTC.

I would have to go above the cops and straight to the FTC I guess. The po-po doesn?t really care for me very much here, living on the bible buckle of the bible belt is harsh? something about Christianity + Porn doesn?t mix too well. =|

Good luck regardless slamming their asses! Make sure to have a bit of fun with it at least ;)

LOL love it...

pretty typical.. its the new operation the klikrevenue whores are working on

dont be a DICK!!!


...kiddingloveya!

:1orglaugh !!

Damn, does Vonage offer email service? :1orglaugh

Hilarious, crazy world:helpme

Doggy, you posted that you have downloaded music from Kazaa and LimeWire. They monitor the chatboards and the message boards. Off to court!!

thats too crazy

not sure if this particular situation is legit or not, but i was just talking to an old co-worker about 5 min ago and he forwarded this email he got from his isp regarding p2p/torrent downloading...

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: September 18, 2006 8:56 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Rogers EUA Management Team Notice


Dear XXXXXX XXXXXXXX

Rogers Cable (Rogers) has received a notice stating that activities
associated with your IP address are infringing copyright in material(s)
owned or exclusively licensed by others.

The full notice is appended to this e-mail below.

Under the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet End User Agreement (EUA) and
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), you are prohibited from using the Rogers Yahoo!
Hi-Speed Internet service to engage in illegal activities, including
activities that infringe copyright. Copies of our EUA and AUP are available
at:

http://help.yahoo.com/rogers

Where there has been a violation of our EUA and/or AUP, including the
unauthorized distribution of copyright-protected material, Rogers has the
right to take appropriate action against you.

If you have any questions about the attached copyright notice, please
contact the sender of the notice using the contact information provided in
the notice. Please do not reply to this e-mail.

We trust you will comply with our policies and all applicable laws in using
the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet service.

Sincerely,

EUA Management Team
Rogers Yahoo Hi-Speed Internet

http://na.edit.client.yahoo.com/roge...ic?.form=terms
00344362



-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Entertainment Software Association
575 7th Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20004 USA

Attention: Intellectual Property Enforcement
Telephone: 202-223-2400
E-mail: [email protected]

16 Sep 2006 10:38:34 GMT


ISP: Rogers Cable
ESA Reference Number: 182-200465


Dear Rogers Cable:

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is a trade association that
represents the intellectual property interests of numerous companies that
publish interactive games for video game consoles, personal computers,
handheld devices and the Internet in the United States of America, in
Canada, and in other countries (collectively referred to as ESA members).
ESA is authorized to act on behalf of ESA members whose copyright and other
intellectual property rights it believes to be infringed as described
herein.

ESA is providing this letter of notification to make Rogers Cable aware of
material on its network or system that infringes the exclusive copyright
rights of and is unlawful towards one or more ESA members.

ESA members are entitled to the full protection of Canadian intellectual
property laws, including the Copyright Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-42, as
amended, in such entertainment software products.

Based on the information at its disposal, ESA has a good faith belief that
the IP address below infringes the rights of one or more ESA members by
offering for sale or download unauthorized copies of game products protected
by copyright, or offering for sale or download material that is the subject
of infringing activities. The copyrighted works that have been infringed
include but are not limited to:

Title: NHL 07
Infringement Source: BitTorrent
Infringement Timestamp: 16 Sep 2006 09:43:14 GMT
Infringement Last Documented: 16 Sep 2006 09:43:14 GMT
Infringer Username:
Infringing Filename: NHL_07-Razor1911[www.moviex.info]/rzr-nhl7.rar
Infringing Filesize: 2056600232
Infringer IP Address: 70.27.244.32
Infringer DNS Name: CPE00138f616e0c-CM00080d033048.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com
Infringing URL:


The unauthorized copies of such game product(s) or the material that is the
subject of infringing activities appears on or is made available through the
above-listed IP address. Those items are listed and/or identified thereon
by their titles or variations thereof, game-related
listings/references/descriptions, or depictions of game-related artwork.
Such copies, titles, game-related listings/references/descriptions,
depictions, and material that is the subject of infringing activities, are
hereinafter referred to as "Infringing Material."

Accordingly, ESA hereby requests Rogers Cable to immediately do the
following:

1. Notify the account holder of the Infringing Material.
2. Remove, or disable access to, the Infringing Material detailed above.
3. Take appropriate action against the account holder under your Abuse
Policy/Terms
of Service Agreement, including termination of a repeat offender.

Please inform us whether you will remove or disable access to the
Infringing Material as requested. Rogers Cable or the account holder may
contact ESA at the above-listed contact details, with email preferred.
Please include the above-noted Reference Number in the subject line of all
email correspondence.

Thank you for your cooperation and prompt response in this matter.

Sincerely,

Intellectual Property Enforcement
Entertainment Software Association

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looks like they're really cracking down