(Locked) Blackmailing?

Hello everyone, I just now received this mail, you can see below. Is there anyone here who has received the same kind of mail? Sincerely brandtz

miketrum just sent you a message from your marketplace profile.

Hello brandtz, how are you?

My name is Mike Trumbo. Today, while getting more information about your product Hard Rock Vol.1 on the internet, I found that there are many people who are sharing Hard Rock Vol.1 in an unauthorized way on several file hosting sites and blackhat forums.

Kindly check these links: /////Removed by brandtz//// and many more…

Dear Sir, There are total 5 links I’ve found so far. Do you know that you are losing big amount of business every month from these unauthorized shares? Definitely, you know about it but it’s almost impossible for a seller to check the unauthorized shares on daily basis. Fortunately, I can help you in removing files from these file sharing sites and can help you to increase your revenue which you are losing due to these unauthorized shares. I’ll remove your files from all of these file sharing sites like mediafire, rapidshare and upload.com etc. and you can check them again after I confirm the completion of my job. This will definitely improve your sales and you’ll earn more revenue. Currently, I am charging a measly $49 for this service.

Trust me, this is not an expense. I know I don’t need to make you understand why you should protect your product from unauthorized downloads.

Sir, I can complete my job within 72 hours and will remove your file from all file hosting sites. Not only this, you can include more links which you find on the internet and want to report. I’ll need your physical address and phone number and your permission to report these files on your behalf.

Let me know what you think about it!

Your sincerely, Mike Trumbo

This is the exact same email I have received. It’s a scam, I guess.

ShermanJackson said
This is the exact same email I have received. It’s a scam, I guess.

Yes, it is I have never really given this blatant theft of our products that much attention before now …. I know it exists and it becomes a little distraught about it …

Is there anything we can do about this? (I think I already know the answer myself)

Sincerely brandtz

I try to send out as many DMCA notices as much as possible, but the plague will never stop.

We work in advance as wild horses to develop and produce our products and get our files accepted, and promote them here at envato, and then you have to simultaneously be aware of this …. it’s extremely stressful …. .. holy cow

ShermanJackson said
I try to send out as many DMCA notices as much as possible, but the plague will never stop.

Hi Sherman

Can you tell me a little about this DMCA , or guide me… how to etc.

?

send me your email, I will send you the template, you just enter your file links etc. I am heading out now, but will send it to you in a couple of hours.

ShermanJackson said
This is the exact same email I have received.

Me too, same email from different envato member, but from same person and minor changes in email:
Currently, I am charging a measly $39 for this service and but soon I am going to increase this price to $147.

With 5 minutes of investigation I found more information about him, and about his activities on internet. So sad…

ShermanJackson said
send me your email, I will send you the template, you just enter your file links etc. I am heading out now, but will send it to you in a couple of hours.

Email on it’s way

Thank a billion for this….

With 5 minutes of investigation I found more information about him, and about his activities on internet. So sad…

Indeed very, very sad …