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<p>Imported from wiki.hackforums.net public API</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;!-- Imported from https://wiki.hackforums.net/April_Fools_2009 source revision 2015-08-08T21:43:13Z --&gt;<br /> ==Overview==<br /> 2009 was the start of the annual [[Hack Forums]] April Fool’s events, in which Omniscient plays a prank on the forum. Omniscient decided to make the members think that Hack Forums was seized by the FBI.<br /> <br /> ==Specifics==<br /> When a visitor tried to visit the front page of Hack Forums, he/she were redirected to [http://web.archive.org/web/20090404015525/http://www.hackforums.net/fbi.html http://hackforums.net/fbi.html]. The page had the FBI seal on it as well as the following message:<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;This site has been seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. <br /> For more information on the case of Department of Justice vs. John Doe (#4953215573) please read [http://www.hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=62240 here].&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> <br /> The [http://www.hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=62240 link] led to a thread assuring the user that Hack Forums was not seized and this was just an [[April Fools]] Prank.<br /> <br /> ==Record of the event==<br /> * [http://www.hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=62240 FBI Seizes Hack Forums]<br /> * http://web.archive.org/web/20090404015525/http://www.hackforums.net/fbi.html<br /> <br /> [[Category:NotableEvents]]</div>

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