PSA: GTA IV early release letters not real

by Alexander Sliwinski { Apr 24th 2008 at 7:30PM }

We truly appreciate all the tips about the early release letters allegedly sent by Rockstar and Take-Two telling retailers to just go ahead and release GTA IV to the public ... problem is, it just ain't true. That's it, no need to get into details. The letters are nothing but fakes.

Trust us, if GTA IV was given the green light to release early, the ~~country~~ planet would certainly know about it within an hour. The deceitful documents can be found in their entirety for perusal below.

Gallery: Forged GTAIV Release Date Change Letters

Tags: fake, feder, grand-theft-auto, grand-theft-auto-iv, grandtheftauto, grandtheftautoiv, gta-iv, gtaiv, take-two

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

RagnarokSam @ Apr 24th 2008 7:35PM

ha, i wonder if any stores fell for it...

Ignatius @ Apr 24th 2008 7:37PM

Well, either that or some stores just don't care. It's already out in the retail world in places.

klitorisaurus @ Apr 24th 2008 8:28PM

I wish my stores just didn't care.

Moe @ Apr 24th 2008 7:36PM

Shocking! queue the :O face.

Obie @ Apr 24th 2008 7:39PM

haha I have to say the person that tried this stunt had some huevos! And I am sure some retailers fell for it, do all of them strike you like brain surgeons? ;)

rv @ Apr 24th 2008 9:10PM

Plz retailers fall for this. I want gta4 bad.

Neebs @ Apr 24th 2008 7:53PM

Well for one, you never write a business letters with
Dear name comma, its always with a colon. Not to mention the signing of the name is inconsistent and incorrect both times.

colin @ Apr 25th 2008 9:50AM

i am staring at a business letter addressed to myself ... it reads "Dear Colin, ..." so yeah, there are rules, but they are not always followed

klitorisaurus @ Apr 24th 2008 8:06PM

Shhhhh..... don't tell the retailers.

DWells55 @ Apr 24th 2008 8:09PM

Whatever, I'm taking one of these to WalMart, showing it t the person at the electronics desk, and asking him to check the back room for stock.

Strike Man @ Apr 24th 2008 8:48PM

Remember kids, that fraud is only fun when you take advantage of minimum wage register jockeys or Omnicorp itself.

Double points for accomplishing both at the same time!

BIGGEN @ Apr 25th 2008 5:56AM

having with that, oh, and getting your LIVE or PSN account shut down, whichever the case may be

BIGGEN @ Apr 25th 2008 5:57AM

meant HAVE FUN WITH THAT....geezus

Dr. @ Apr 24th 2008 8:17PM

My god, that first one is terrible. At least try and make it sound official...

Chris @ Apr 24th 2008 8:27PM

EXACTLY! They put a "TM" next to GTAIV. Really, guys? Really?

nmezib @ Apr 24th 2008 8:30PM

whoever wrote the second did did a very good job. The legalese almost foolerized me.

the first one, however, was so badly written and put together I had to laugh. A lot.

tc @ Apr 25th 2008 5:50AM

i think it falls apart in the third paragraph, lots of ill-advised repetition really.

Spunk Buster 8000 @ Apr 24th 2008 8:40PM

I just hope me store fell for it, but im in the UK and im sure they didnt do this in the UK but i might just email this to my retailer!

Dave @ Apr 25th 2008 12:49AM

GENIUS.

John McPoop @ Apr 25th 2008 12:52AM

Now thats devotion ...

Young_Nastyman @ Apr 25th 2008 1:24AM

they did such a good job on wording the second one that they forgot to make the signatures look different. They're identical, lol

Bill Pullman @ Apr 25th 2008 1:07PM

in the first one, "separate" is spelled wrong. would a spell-checker have killed these guys? both are pathetic forgeries full of mistakes and poor grammar. not even close to a nice try.