Botting Notice Email? HAHA?

[Dazzler]

So I don't even play RS anymore, but I got an email today that I initially thought was just a fishing attempt, but there's no links, it's purely text.

"Dear Player,

We have strong evidence that you may have purchased and used botting software in the past, specifically ibot software.

Botting and the cheating it brings is destroying your game, violates Jagex's rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and any player that continues to engage in botting activity has no place in our community.

As part of bot nuke week we are offering you a 1 time amnesty and settlement lifeline, which is a chance to reform and change your ways. We'd like you to contribute to the community in a positive way, to compete on a level playing field as everyone else does and play in the true spirit of the game, with integrity. All of your accounts, main and otherwise, are now on our watch list and will be monitored for the use of ibot and all other inappropriate third-party software. Regardless of who you are or how long you've been with us, if you decide to cheat and bot ever again we will have no hesitation in: (1) permanently removing your account from our wonderful community in order to protect Jagex's rights under the DMCA, and (2) naming you as a defendant in Jagex Limited v. John Does, which is a lawsuit based on DMCA violations that is currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Civ. Action No. SACV11-00969-CJC).

Please note that this amnesty and settlement offer is protected under Fed. R. Evid. 408. If you ignore our offer and instead continue use botting software, we reserve our rights to pursue statutory damages against you for between $200 to $2,500 per act of past, present, and/or future botting in accordance with 17 U.S.C. 1203(c)(3).

We do hope you make the morally sound and lawful choice of turning your back on bots. We look forward to seeing you in game having fun in a way that is true to the spirit of fair play and respectful to your fellow players.

Yours sincerely,
Mark Gerhard"

What the fuck is ibot?

 

[Wolfdog]

have you used Ibot?

 

[KerokeroCola]

It might be a fanboy of Jagex trying to scare people with an impostor email.

 

[Arashi]

This looks like it was translated using google translator lol.

 

[yomoma]

Yeah I just got one too. Not sure if it's an empty threat or not.

 

[Dazzler]

have you used Ibot?

I've never heard of ibot.

It might be a fanboy of Jagex trying to scare people with an impostor email.

It appears to be from "[email protected]"

 

[RSCM]

Woah.

 

[bzzbzz]

Jagex don't send mails..

 

[KerokeroCola]

It appears to be from "[email protected]"

It's 100% a troll, then. As with all trolls, ignore it and it will go away.

 

[Emperor Nero]

Jagex don't send mails..

This...

I lol'd on the other thread, I mean it is probably someone from sythe who hates botters.

 

[Dazzler]

Yeah I just got one too. Not sure if it's an empty threat or not.

Yepp that's it

Jagex don't send mails..

Last email I got from them was about the loyalty program, and it came from the same [email protected] address.

It's 100% a troll, then. As with all trolls, ignore it and it will go away.

That is the email address they send out emails with.

 

[allen12]

http://sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1262947
Enough said.

They do send emails. Last email I got from them was about the loyalty program, and it came from the same [email protected] address.


No, that is the legit email address used to send emails.

They do not send e-mails about offences or botting problems, and e-mails can easily be masked and trick you on the sender. Do not rely on the fact that it's from [email protected] to assume that it's a genuine one.

 

[Dazzler]

http://sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1262947
Enough said.



They do not send e-mails about offences or botting problems, and e-mails can easily be masked and trick you on the sender. Do not rely on the fact that it's from [email protected] to assume that it's a genuine one.

I'm comparing the header of the email from a legit Jagex sent about the loyalty program, to the header of this email, and it's very similar, which is the odd part.

 

[Determinate]

Phish.

 

[KerokeroCola]

So Jagex is threatening to sue us for copyright infringement if we use someone else's software to bot? I'm not buying it, at all.

 

[It'sJimmy]

I'm sure this is fake and someone is trolling.
They don't send emails as far as I know.

 

[Dazzler]

Phish.

There's no attempt at phishing.



This is a section of the header for the legit email about the loyalty program

Received: from 127.0.0.1 (HELO mta823.chtah.net) (63.236.76.19)

This is the same section for the header for the email we're talking about right now

Received: from 127.0.0.1 (HELO mta824.chtah.net) (63.236.76.20)

I don't know a lot about this stuff, so I'm no expert on email headers, and I'm not saying this email is real, I'm just saying they seemed to do a swell job if it is fake.

 

[Insane Gods]

So Jagex is threatening to sue us for copyright infringement if we use someone else's software to bot? I'm not buying it, at all.

Haha, I wish they would try to sue me. They wouldn't have a leg to stand on afterwards.

 

[mercatres]

iBot community is super small now; I think less then 100 people (dw guys, its just the original non-authed version of RSBots.net).

Anyways; Jagex never sends an email with "Dear Player" but always with "Dear ACCOUNT_DISPLAYNAME"


DMCA is also bullshit

 

[Dazzler]

Another discussion about it,

http://rsbuddy.com/forum/just-got-email-jagex-amnesty-169614-3.html

There's questionable things about it

For instance the grammar in this part "If you ignore our offer and instead continue use botting software" Improper grammar.

The use of "Dear Player" as you guys were saying , though they aren't talking about a specific account, but rather all your accounts.

I checked one of my accounts, there's nothing in the message box about this.

So either the person faking it did a pretty good job, or jagex did a bad job.