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Originally Posted by esprit111
Last week all of a sudden my computer screen changed and I got a screen saying that my computer was now being controlled by some police department and that I had violated some UK law and Interpol law about viewing child porn (which I hadn't and never will).
My name even appeared on the screen.
There was a demand to pay a fine
I assume it was a very clever scam.
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This is a well known scam. I hope people would be better aware of it than they seem to be.
You can Google internet scams and learn more.