it wouldnt have been a normal bobby, you would have had cybercrimes unit get involved and even then it wouldnt have been an email it would have been a written hand signed letter. trust me my uncle been in trouble with cybercrimes enough.
Fraudulent activity by a buyer/WARNING TO ALL MEMBERS
- Thread starter topsy_86
- Start date
the fraud is one thing, but what that email is saying is that p8ntballer has commited a seperate crime (its clearly not). but because its online social media that is why cybercrimes would then look into it.
Right after reading all of that....I have had to explain to my boss why I have been laughing so much! Good job mods! I think the term I'm looking for is 'another one bites the dust!'
Just to clear a few things up if it helps:
1) it would have been a normal 'bobby' that got the job, Jamie calls in and that raises a CAD which gets allocated to the local response/snt base. Cyber crime units as such don't really exist any more due to cuts but are put together for serious offences.
2) easy way to tell if its a genuine email is it should end in .pnn.police.uk. It's not uncommon for matters to be dealt with by email, it's unlikely the officer would have Robbo's number initially.
3) the only offenses possibly committed on p8nt would be against his human right to privacy which would need a private court case to address, could look at harassment but I don't feel that's made out here.
4) Jamie has clearly committed offences, fraud seems the obvious one, fraud by false representation particularly as he has claimed not to have received the goods in order to make a financial gain for himself. However theft is also appropriate as he had dishonestly appropriated property intending to permanently deprive the owner of it.
Interesting reading though
1) it would have been a normal 'bobby' that got the job, Jamie calls in and that raises a CAD which gets allocated to the local response/snt base. Cyber crime units as such don't really exist any more due to cuts but are put together for serious offences.
2) easy way to tell if its a genuine email is it should end in .pnn.police.uk. It's not uncommon for matters to be dealt with by email, it's unlikely the officer would have Robbo's number initially.
3) the only offenses possibly committed on p8nt would be against his human right to privacy which would need a private court case to address, could look at harassment but I don't feel that's made out here.
4) Jamie has clearly committed offences, fraud seems the obvious one, fraud by false representation particularly as he has claimed not to have received the goods in order to make a financial gain for himself. However theft is also appropriate as he had dishonestly appropriated property intending to permanently deprive the owner of it.
Interesting reading though
Also, in the letter, the URL is wrong; it is www.p8ntballer-forums.com not www.p8ntballer.com - so they aren't talking about this site
Wild - p8ntballer.com is a url that gets diverted through to p8ntballer-forums.com and so is an authentic url ... I, along with Bon [Admin] set it up this way.
It ended thus :-
This email is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If received in error, please notify the originator immediately. Any unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this email is strictly forbidden. Views or opinions expressed in this email do not necessarily represent those of West Midlands Police. All West Midlands Police email activity is monitored for virus, racist, obscene, or otherwise inappropriate activity. No responsibility is accepted by West Midlands Police for any loss or damage arising in any way from the receipt or use of this email.
This email is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If received in error, please notify the originator immediately. Any unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this email is strictly forbidden. Views or opinions expressed in this email do not necessarily represent those of West Midlands Police. All West Midlands Police email activity is monitored for virus, racist, obscene, or otherwise inappropriate activity. No responsibility is accepted by West Midlands Police for any loss or damage arising in any way from the receipt or use of this email.
Depending on your email client you may be able to see the servers the email passed through on its way to reach you. If they have spoofed an address in a simple way this might be revealed by looking at these details and checking whether the sent from email address matches the originating server, especially if the originating server is hotmail or yahoo.
Oh ... and the email address was identified as :- leanne.butler@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk
And so it looks authentic enough but, I'm pretty sure she hasn't foolowed police protocols and so this is gonna roll on ad on ... Thursday should be an interesting day for sure ......
And so it looks authentic enough but, I'm pretty sure she hasn't foolowed police protocols and so this is gonna roll on ad on ... Thursday should be an interesting day for sure ......
Could have sworn I went there by accident the other day and it was a different site...