Hello from Germany,

since I'm bombarded with mails from victims of this scam I would like to put some things straight.

First and most important: It is a scam, ignoring the invoice and the threats does no harm. Why? They only have your email adress and useless ip. No "state prosecutor" will get any personal data behind an ip adress or email adress.

As for any queries why so many people fall for this sort of scam. And how do they find these useless sites.
The owner of these sites places spam messages inside twitter and other communities. mainly communities aimed a kids ! The links to this sites do not show a price tag! And, on top of this, everyone can register any email adress he/she knows. The owner of the email adress will get the invitation. One click on the invitation link and you're hooked without seeing the price tag.

This sort of scam is quite common in germany. We always give the advice, just play dead and do not react.

Here is a video made by me concerning this matter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkrW7H9mjsY

Regards,
Jens