Hi,
I have also had an extortion attempt, I have taken free legal advice from a specialist lawyer (in intellectual property disputes), and on his advice (and approval of my letter / reply), have sent said reply, denying any wrongdoing, but i'm a bit incensed by it all.
Not at all worried, because I have free legal advice too if needed by a member of the family who is also a barrister, but I do feel that this company is operating on the fringes of what is legal, and we are all (letter recieprients), guilty as charged unless we pay up, and there is a statement in the letter that indicates a denial is simply not enough, they will still press the court case.
The MD of the company, Andrew Crossley, in a TV / Net video interview hastened to say that the threatening letter is not a demand , but a request for money, it all reeks of a phishing scam, that unfortunately has been made semi - legal by a court order against the ISP's that are forced to release IP address / account info, and from there, the cash demand letter wouldn't stand up in a defended court case.
Not getting anything out of my bank account (for something I did not do), £300.00 for an mP3 I don't even like sounds like extortion, and I have written to my MP, and the house of commons too (the PM).
Must get these "no win- no fee" tuppeny hafepenny solicitors struck off (SRA aware too).
The ID Process from Digiprotect was proven unsound in Germany, but the UK has to play catch-up in the high tech IP war, until then, there are a lot of spooked people feeding this scam with cash!
Sorry - a bit long winded, but I like to get this off of my chest. :) Baron210
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ASC Law Letter for alleged MP3 Download
Hi,
I have also had an extortion attempt, I have taken free legal advice from a specialist lawyer (in intellectual property disputes), and on his advice (and approval of my letter / reply), have sent said reply, denying any wrongdoing, but i'm a bit incensed by it all.
Not at all worried, because I have free legal advice too if needed by a member of the family who is also a barrister, but I do feel that this company is operating on the fringes of what is legal, and we are all (letter recieprients), guilty as charged unless we pay up, and there is a statement in the letter that indicates a denial is simply not enough, they will still press the court case.
The MD of the company, Andrew Crossley, in a TV / Net video interview hastened to say that the threatening letter is not a demand , but a request for money, it all reeks of a phishing scam, that unfortunately has been made semi - legal by a court order against the ISP's that are forced to release IP address / account info, and from there, the cash demand letter wouldn't stand up in a defended court case.
Not getting anything out of my bank account (for something I did not do), £300.00 for an mP3 I don't even like sounds like extortion, and I have written to my MP, and the house of commons too (the PM).
Must get these "no win- no fee" tuppeny hafepenny solicitors struck off (SRA aware too).
The ID Process from Digiprotect was proven unsound in Germany, but the UK has to play catch-up in the high tech IP war, until then, there are a lot of spooked people feeding this scam with cash!
Sorry - a bit long winded, but I like to get this off of my chest. :) Baron210