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[TRAILHEAD] An Experiment in Law Enforcement
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Leyton Stone
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 		[TRAILHEAD] An Experiment in Law Enforcement
Pretty unique this one if I do say so myself... Recieved an email this morning with the picture posted below and the email itself:

Quote:

Greetings,

You are receiving this email because I have noticed your activity in what is known as the Alternate Reality Gaming Community.

I am a senior law enforcement official and I have been watching with great awe the problem solving abilities of the group mind that occurs during an "ARG". After watching several of these games play out, an idea occurred to me: would it be possible to use those abilities in my line of work? After some thought I quickly realized that I could never share the information that you would need to help in any sort of official manner. So I have decided to run this "off the books" experiment.

Attached to this email are coding directions to my blog, there you will find a post with more details and instructions on how to contact me if you are interested. Share this email with other members of your community that may be interested in joining the cause. I have great faith that together we can make a difference.

The Detective


I do believe this is either datamatrix or QRD... Anyone care to clarify?

As I said, quite unique though.
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Tresbien
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 		The QR code decodes to (http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx):
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104 116 116 112 58 47 47 99 104 105 101 102 100 101 116 101 99 116 105 118 101 46 98 108 111 103 115 112 111 116 46 99 111 109 47


The dec/char number string decodes to (http://www.paulschou.com/tools/xlate/):
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http://chiefdetective.blogspot.com/


PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:19 pm
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Leyton Stone
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 		o0o0o thank you Tres! Would you be so kind as to possibly link me to the QRD decompiler you use? I just spent the time you took figuring it out, looking for a bloody program Embarassed lol

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Blog reads:

Welcome
Congratulations on finding this blog. You have passed the first step in joining my team. If you are still interested in becoming one of my online investigators please send your name and as much contact information as you are comfortable with to chief.detective08SPLATgmail.com The amount of information you send is not very important as I can surely learn anything additional about you I might wish to know. However providing your name, email, mailing address, and phone number will speed up the required background checks. If you choose to maintain an illusion of anonymity a screen name and email will suffice. Those of you selected to join the team will be notified soon. All future posts on this blog will be written in code in order to help maintain the private nature of the information I will be sharing. I am confident that those chosen to participate will have no problem decoding them.

Sending my info now.

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Tresbien
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 		Leyton, it's this one: http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx I saved the image teh_lisa received and then used the browse button to get and submit it.

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Leyton Stone
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 		Danke!

Okay I've emailed Mr. Detective. I'll spoiler my email for now; for those who've yet to go through the other stuff.

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Detective,

Being as you are already aware of my email address... I am writing just to confirm that I would still like to be part of your online investigation team and am supplying you with some more information.

Name: Leyton D Stone.

Email: [Email].

Phone Number: [Number]. (UK Based).

I travel quite often and am hardly ever in one place for long, therefore my 'mailing address' at this stage would not be appropriate.

Thank you for considering me,

-Leyton D. Stone.

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ifihadahifi
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 		I replied with something similar. Let's hear it for online law enforcement! I must say, very cool way to kick things off. I also like that all future blogs will be written in code. Should be an interesting time.

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Leyton Stone
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ifihadahifi wrote:
I replied with something similar. Let's hear it for online law enforcement! I must say, very cool way to kick things off. I also like that all future blogs will be written in code. Should be an interesting time.


Agreed. I loved this line
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You are receiving this email because I have noticed your activity in what is known as the Alternate Reality Gaming Community.


Gives it that more unique/OOG feel lol.

(Although naming the pic "Trailhead.png" was a little downer Razz)
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ifihadahifi
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 		Just got this in my email:

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Thank you for your interest.

Over the next few days I will be performing a routine background check on you. Felons will be notified of their exclusion from the experiment. If you are not notified of an exclusion within 48 hours, you will be permitted to join. Watch my blog after that time for updates.

The Detective


Thankfully I don't have any felonies on record. Guess we'll keep our eyes on the blog in a few days.

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Souzousei
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 		Curious as to whether I can get in on this. Firing off an email now.

Has anyone else noted the posting date of the blog? Fast approaching two months since the entry, which is a little odd...I can think of a few explainations, none really help in game at the moment.

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Leyton Stone
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ifihadahifi wrote:
Just got this in my email:

Quote:
Thank you for your interest.

Over the next few days I will be performing a routine background check on you. Felons will be notified of their exclusion from the experiment. If you are not notified of an exclusion within 48 hours, you will be permitted to join. Watch my blog after that time for updates.

The Detective


Thankfully I don't have any felonies on record. Guess we'll keep our eyes on the blog in a few days.


Also got my reply. Just fired off an email saying will do, ty. So, it looks as if we wait until Friday now?

Souzousei wrote:
Curious as to whether I can get in on this. Firing off an email now.


Well, I only just got the email before posting so I'm sure you should be able to Very Happy
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Merago
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 		I love the premise of this one. I've fired off an email too.
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Souzousei
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 		Recieved the automated message. Guess there's nothing to do except wait for things to progress...

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Lunsford
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 		Just got this too! I'm in!

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Saki
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 		Awwww, it sounds like fun, but things are really too hectic for me right now.

Have fun youse guys Razz
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Leyton Stone
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Lunsford wrote:
Just got this too! I'm in!


Luuuu! You're back?
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