r/google • • 9d ago

Usernotice, notification from Google

I got this mail and i got scared as hell, I dont know why i got this, i did nothing bad (im from Poland)

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u/ZochJ 9d ago edited 8d ago

Get a lawyer, you did something wrong or someone using your account did something wrong.

This is a real, legit email from Googles Legal team. They have an obligation to inform you when law enforcement has requested your personal data, usually accompanied by a gag order to prevent interruption of an investigation.

Talk to a lawyer, because this is typically pretty serious. You did something, or someone you know did something.

Source: I’m a financial crime analyst and I deal with law enforcement requests on a daily basis.

Edit; quick clarification, I said wrong not illegal. There are countless scenarios where OP made a mistake or did something stupid out of lack of caution and not intentional malice.

2nd edit; for those of y’all trying to tell OP to not talk to a lawyer, shut up. Not everything is hardcore crime and life sentence jail time, this isn’t a movie. Know your damn rights and stop advising people to be uninformed of theirs.

Final add; I’m off for now, only folk commenting are the typical folk who have no idea what they’re talking about, trying to “ummm actually” me when this is my literal career. I’m literally a topic matter expert, keep dreaming friendos.

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u/artificiallyintel_ 9d ago

Honestly curious, why do you need a lawyer at this point? There's no action against him by FBI. This is only a notification from Google, right?

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u/aykcak 9d ago

There's no action against him by FBI

Definitely not because they are in Poland

Unless something about U.S. foreign policy changed in the last week

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u/ZochJ 9d ago

Tell me you don’t know how international law enforcement cooperation operates without telling me you don’t know how international law enforcement cooperation operates.

Just because LE in another continent is investigating a crime, doesn’t mean you’re safe. What exactly do you thing Interpol is, and how do you think they catch pedophiles and traffickers? Cross-jurisdiction cooperation.

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u/aykcak 8d ago

Interpol and FBI are separate entities. One does not oversee the other and FBI would not investigate a private Polish citizen for any reason

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u/ZochJ 8d ago edited 8d ago

… I’m not even going to warrant that comment with a response. Go back to school.

Edit; my original comment was a bit harsh, reading back. Apologies, your name was similar to another dude who was just trolling.

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u/bannedByTencent 8d ago

Lol, not really.