A good prank makes everyone laugh, including the target. A great prank doesn’t end with someone reformatting their hard drive.
Now, it’s a retro meme — a nostalgic nod to early internet scareware, repurposed for harmless laughs. Want to test it on a friend? Use a local HTML file or an offline prank site — never a real ransomware download. Here’s a simple script you can save as .html : Fake FBI Lock Warining Screen Prank
<html> <body onload="alert('FBI CYBERCRIME DIVISION – YOUR IP HAS BEEN LOGGED')"> <h1 style="color:red;text-align:center;">🔒 SYSTEM LOCKED</h1> <p style="text-align:center;">Do not turn off your PC. Contact your local FBI office immediately.</p> </body> </html> Run it in fullscreen mode. Watch the panic. Reveal the prank within 10 seconds. The fake FBI lock screen prank is one of the few internet jokes that still works face-to-face. It taps into our deepest fear of anonymous authority — and turns it into a laugh. A good prank makes everyone laugh, including the target
Would you try this on a friend? Or has someone already pulled it on you? 😄 Want to test it on a friend