Man gets fake FBI child porn alert, arrested for child porn

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Man gets fake FBI child porn alert, arrested for child porn

A man is fooled by an Internet virus into going to a police station to pay a fine for child pornography. He gives the police his computer to examine. They allegedly find child pornography on it.

July 27, 2013 10:18 AM PDT

What might his defense be?

(Credit: WJLA screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)

As far as I am aware, the FBI doesn't usually send you a pop-up online notice, asking if you could kindly pay a fine for child pornography.

Perhaps I should check with Edward Snowden to be sure.

Still, 21-year-old Virginian Jay Riley was sufficiently stunned to receive a pop-up "FBI Warning" telling him to pay a fine for child pornography that he went to his local police station in Prince William County.

As WJLA-TV reports it, Riley asked if he was, indeed, wanted on child pornography charges.

In what seems like a helpful and open frame of mind, he allegedly offered the police his computer for examination.

There, the police allegedly found child pornography.

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Prince William County Police spokesman Officer Jonathan Perok told WJLA-TV: "I think the pop-up kind of scared him."

The pop-up was an example of Reveton ransomware, which monitors those who might log on to a questionable Web site and then tries to extort money from them.

It claims to lock the user's computer unless a fine is paid.

"We've never had a case like this," Perok told WJLA-TV.

Riley is currently in jail, facing at least three child pornography charges, related to alleged inappropriate messages and images found on his computer.