> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:37 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: i may have been hacked. > > so i get a letter on Friday saying i am under investigation > some one called & threatened an underage female from my dynamic ip. > the investigator has my phone & isp records for 8/5/2005 > > so right now my isp cant give me any info > the investigator wont give me any info.
Personally the very first thing I'd do is make sure the investigator is real. Meet him at his office and make sure he works at an official building (don't just meet him in the lobby and then leave - make sure he works there), get a lawyer to review documents and so forth. Ask what office he works for, his badge number, the name of his supervisor and so forth. If it is a scam such questions might scare them away immediately. Be cooperative - he's probably on the level - but don't offer more than you have to. A really old con is to pretend to be a police officer and accuse somebody of something distasteful. It's often done at hotels: a pretty young girl will knock on the door and ask to use your phone, moments later an "officer" will barge in claiming to be from vice and accuse you of being with an underage prostitute. They'll both go away, eventually, and not "report this to your wife and family" if you pay the sizable fine there and then. In your case I could easily see a scam set up as you describe. You get a call from an official-sounding individual who accuses you of an awful crime. Eventually he comes to your home, maybe he even starts to sympathize. So he tells you that all he has to do is takes your computer hardware to office for a few days: if they find nothing incriminating then you're clear. In other words, if this is a con, for a few phone calls and a visit he gets to walk away with perhaps several thousand dollars of computer equipment (and perhaps a good identity to steal). Nobody wants to be labeled a pedophile or be associated with the investigation and will probably cooperate overly. I wouldn't assume that this is the case... but it is a possibility depending the way things go. > i about to call a layer. > am really bumbed out... > > how the heck could some one call a cell phone from my ip? The simple answer is using VOIP, but it might be a spoofed IP as well depending on the specifics. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:183311 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
