This Entrapment Or Something!?

xioutlawixxioutlawix Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7118Members, Constellation
edited October 2003 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">...</div> Hanging out in one of the miami chats which I have a tendency to do, talking to some people here and there, when I get an IM, the conversation proceeds as follows: (i'm cbjusdontplay)

DCL870: whats your asl
DCL870: 13/f/mia
CBJusDontPlay: 18/m/miami beach
CBJusDontPlay: no pic yet
CBJusDontPlay: working on it tho
DCL870: oh ok
DCL870: heh O:-)
*** DCL870 wants to directly connect.
*** DCL870 is now directly connected.
DCL870:
DCL870: thats me
CBJusDontPlay: typical 13 year old i'd say
DCL870: ive <span style='color:orange'>*edited*</span>
DCL870: do you ever meet people off here?
CBJusDontPlay: yup
DCL870: i have a cousin in Miami beach
DCL870: i was kinda looking to
<span style='color:orange'>Edited for content -- you can get the idea without the middle of the log</span>
DCL870: at that little hotel
CBJusDontPlay: lol umm
CBJusDontPlay: sure
CBJusDontPlay: not a problem
DCL870: your absoulutly sure
DCL870: 100%
CBJusDontPlay: yep
DCL870: Well, I'm sorry but I am not a 13 year old girl. This is the FBI and as you know you have agreed to a <span style='color:orange'>*edited out*</span>. We have stayed connected long enough to trace you and you will recieve a call within the next 3-5 days with a notification. Have a great night, and happy Halloween.
*** DCL870 direct connection is closed.


wth is this o.O
i mean fine, i'm willing to play along to get her off my back, but i was thinking that just saying so to get them off the IM was no problem, if you were to actually MEET someone underage at a private location, for the purposes of engaging them in...filth, that'd be another matter. should i be worried about this???

Comments

  • JefeJefe Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15734Members, Constellation
    nah, she (or he, most likely) is screwing with you. I don't think it's enough to prosecute you though...
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    lol sounds like a prank to me, don't be worried. The FBI has better things to do with themselves.
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->happy Halloween.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    its a prank


    a stupid prank, but a prank



    and, so, why are you setting up private meetings with 13year olds, in hotels?


    I am tired.....


    oh and:
    No, you can't trace via an IM
    no, there is nothing wrong with ploting pedophilia (only commiting it)
  • JefeJefe Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15734Members, Constellation
    actually, there is a way to find someone's IP address when directly connected. There's still nothing they have on you.
  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Thansal+Oct 31 2003, 04:27 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thansal @ Oct 31 2003, 04:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> no, there is nothing wrong with ploting pedophilia (only commiting it) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It is in the UK, people go to jail all the time for potentially setting up meetings with underage children in Britain.
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    lol, thats kinda silly <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->


    but well this is the US
  • ConfuzorConfuzor Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2412Awaiting Authorization
    edited October 2003
    Woah... odd thing you posted that... look at this:

    <a href='http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/10/20031025-1.html' target='_blank'>http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/20...20031025-1.html</a>

    Strange coincidence, isn't it?

    (but yeah, I still have my doubts that this inciddent will amount to anything; I think you'd actually have to go there in order for anything to happen)
  • ShootBangShootBang Join Date: 2003-06-11 Member: 17209Members
    You talk to someone online
    and the phone rings
    a voice on the other end says
    "You will die in 3-5 days "

    I doubt you'll hear from anyone.
    I don't think it's illigal to say things online.

    "Freedom of speach"

    As they can't proove you did something bad, you'll be ok.
  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--ShootBang+Oct 31 2003, 04:35 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ShootBang @ Oct 31 2003, 04:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You talk to someone online
    and the phone rings
    a voice on the other end says
    "You will die in 3-5 days "

    I doubt you'll hear from anyone.
    I don't think it's illigal to say things online.

    "Freedom of speach"

    As they can't proove you did something bad, you'll be ok. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    They call it "grooming" in this country and it's punishable at the very least by having your name put down on the "Secks Offenders Register"
  • Smoke_NovaSmoke_Nova Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8697Members
    What you did is 100% legal.

    If the FBI is going to do something like that, one part is that it would be partial entrapment, and the second part is that they have no proof you actually planned to carry through.

    and it wouldn't be the FBI doing it, it would be local police.
  • eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
    if youre worried enough to post about it on a forum, they hey the prank worked

    none of this "hey, its jsut stupid, im just warning you", theyve got you worried <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    DONT worry about it though
  • NecrosisNecrosis The Loquacious Sage Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18828Members, Constellation
    You probably deserve to get busted if you're having those sorts of conversations with underage children, regardless of excuses like "I was just doing it to get her off my back".

    There's a quicker way to get people off your back - its called logging off.


    A lot of pressure groups do this sort of thing online and then use it as evidence that your darling little child could be setting up all sorts of trysts online.



    "ENTRAPMENT - A person is 'entrapped' when he is induced or persuaded by law enforcement officers or their agents to commit a crime that he had no previous intent to commit; and the law as a matter of policy forbids conviction in such a case.

    However, there is no entrapment where a person is ready and willing to break the law and the Government agents merely provide what appears to be a favorable opportunity for the person to commit the crime. For example, it is not entrapment for a Government agent to pretend to be someone else and to offer, either directly or through an informer or other decoy, to engage in an unlawful transaction with the person. So, a person would not be a victim of entrapment if the person was ready, willing and able to commit the crime charged in the indictment whenever opportunity was afforded, and that Government officers or their agents did no more than offer an opportunity."

    So no, its not entrapment if they offer you a 13 yr old and you greedily accept.


    Don't take it as a flame, I'm just saying that if you participate in those sorts of conversations online then you've yourself to blame for any legal repercussions. Its probably a prank but at the very least perhaps next time you'll be a little wiser and just leave the chat.
  • ShootBangShootBang Join Date: 2003-06-11 Member: 17209Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Necrosis+Oct 30 2003, 11:45 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Necrosis @ Oct 30 2003, 11:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> So no, its not entrapment if they offer you a 13 yr old and you greedily accept.
    <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    There's no way you could realy prove that his intentions were to have relations with this 13 year old.
    However bad his excuse is, you realy can't dissprove it; unless he tried to contact this kid in person.
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    Terrible joke. People that do that are idiots.
  • Smoke_NovaSmoke_Nova Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8697Members
    They have no proof that what could have happened would be illegal for the perpetrator.

    For all they know he could have been a little 8 year old.

    Unless they already know you, in which case your fecked anway.
  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    edited October 2003
    I would feel sorry for you getting taken by this prank... but you answered an IM from a completely random person? WTH? Are you trying to seek out the loliest scum in the universe?
  • NecrosisNecrosis The Loquacious Sage Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18828Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    There's no way you could realy prove that his intentions were to have relations with this 13 year old.
    However bad his excuse is, you realy can't dissprove it; unless he tried to contact this kid in person
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    The beautiful bit is that I don't have to. He would have to, if prosecuted. Generally REAL law enforcement officials would set up a meeting and nab you when you attend, but the way things are going now I wouldn't be surprised if they'd take a note of your IP and watch carefully.

    It still smells of a prank, but that doesn't excuse participation in that sort of conversation.
  • TenSixTenSix Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7932Members
    edited October 2003
    They can't arrest you for simply <i>saying</i> your going to commit an illegal act. They could possibly hold you on some kind of conspiracy charge or something, but it would likely get thrown out. Thats why they have to arrest internet pedophiles in person, because that person was obviously arriving there with the explicit intention of committing an illegal act.

    And yes, its entrapment if they lure you into something. Its kinda sticky how it works, but for example, if they say "Meet me here." and you meet them, and they show you are breifcase of drugs and ask if you want to buy them, then arrest you when you say "Yes." I think it would be entrapment because they kinda nudged you to commit an illegal act.

    Now, if they say "Meet me here, if you want to buy some drugs." and you meet them, then its not entrapment because you had full knowledge that if you showed up, you would be there to buy drugs.

    So, I guess in summary, entrapment would be anything done by law enforcement to encourage or assist you into commiting an illegal act.

    They actually did this to some big time warez release groups, offered them a server with insane features (something like 100gb+ storage, dedicated T3 line) and when they took the offer and started uploading stuff, after a while they were arrested (the FBI actually kicked in the door of a guys house, and held his 8 year old brother at gunpoint). It borders on entrapment though, unfortunatly they got assigned crappy lawyers and plead guilty. *Shrug* If you can't take the heat...

    EDIT: You could always create another account, then talk to the guy and try to convince him your a cop investigating him for falsely immitating law enforcement. Tell him your team had been tracking you for months, were about to nail you, and now this guys shenanagins scared you away.
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    2 words: mischief night

    I guess some geeks are too scared to go outside and annoy people the old fashioned way with eggs and shaving cream...
  • ZelZel Join Date: 2003-01-27 Member: 12861Members
    from your direct connect anyone can get your IP, and 90% of the time that will tell them your general geological area, and with a phone call to the ISP (which they also find from the IP) if they convince the isp to tell them (generally theyve gotta be police types to do that) they can get your personal info, name, home, phone etc.

    ont he other hand, since its not too hard for the comptuer savvy to use someone elses IP, that sort of thing cant stand up in court.

    dont worry your perverted little head about it.
  • CrystalSnakeCrystalSnake Join Date: 2002-01-27 Member: 110Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--xioutlawix+Oct 31 2003, 05:15 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (xioutlawix @ Oct 31 2003, 05:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->should i be worried about this???
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yes, you should be.
    In a few hours, an unmarked black van will come to pick you up.
    You'll be detained in an undisclosed location without access to a lawyer or sunlight.
    Then, after a secret trial, you'll be shipped to a maximum security prison in some Middle Eastern country.
    And you know what happens to pedophiles in prison...
  • xioutlawixxioutlawix Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7118Members, Constellation
    well for starters, i don't meet people off the internet, have this weird idea of them being like most of the people on the forums here and prone to odd statements at inappropriate times, so that rules that out <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    and secondly, i much prefer older women in the 25-30 range. they know all the tricks already, they cook, and i can pretend they're my mom (JUST KIDDING! DON'T CRUCIFY ME!) <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • Smoke_NovaSmoke_Nova Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8697Members
    Oedipus Complex.

    It happens at one point or another.

    They couldn't charge you for the internet thingy, you have to physically be doing something wrong, not just saying it.

    If you actually go and meet the person, you'd be arrested.
    If you don't, they have no case.
  • Island_SavageIsland_Savage Join Date: 2003-09-30 Member: 21354Members
    I've just had a small seminar in one of my computer courses that tells and shows how the system operates in a generalized nature. Local Law enforcement do hire and allocate people to specifically do what you detailed, but the situation is usually reversed. I.E. the officer poses as a 13yr old girl in the chat room and while chatting waits for someone to IM them, and the conversation carries from there. If anything of a illicit nature comes up then it progresses. Usually they need quite a bit of detailed information after that, such as a planned location, time, date, description of the person, etc and then they bust the person if they show up at the site, which shows the intent to do the act.


    I really don't think you have anything to worry about.
  • Vulgar_MenaceVulgar_Menace Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22118Members
    Dont bother sweating it, its just another wanna be prankester who thinks they should have their own show. *cough*punkd*cough*
  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    Counter-sue for harassment!
  • reasareasa Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8010Members, Constellation
    edited October 2003
    Oh yea sorry about that, I was bored, won't happen agian <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • NecrosisNecrosis The Loquacious Sage Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18828Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    And yes, its entrapment if they lure you into something. Its kinda sticky how it works, but for example, if they say "Meet me here." and you meet them, and they show you are breifcase of drugs and ask if you want to buy them, then arrest you when you say "Yes." I think it would be entrapment because they kinda nudged you to commit an illegal act.
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    I guess you didn't read my quote on entrapment. Not entirely surprising, really.
  • MajinMajin Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16829Members, Constellation
    You know what they do to ppl like you in jail.
    You sick types who go after our kids.
    Your gonna be the meat in a Inmate sandwish!

    STAY AWAY FROM MY FAMILY!
    The FBI is coming for you and they are going to put you in jail for 20 years, where your going to become a human poop mop!

    HAHAHHAHA

    Thats such a prank, don't even worry about it.
    I don't think the FBI would come out and say, "Hey guess what.. We are the FBI!"
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