any time there's a text file inside open that up -- if it's a fake it'll talk about how to access the password (so you don't have to wait until all of the files download)
If you google "rar zip password removal tool" there are tons of programs that claim to disable/reveal passwords to encrypted rar/zip files. anyone ever try to use them? maybe one of these "fakes" is one person sending it to a select few people who know the password, and just using a publicly...
look up these companies: MediaDefender, Macrovision, MediaSentry, Web Sheriff, etc. They are hired by record companies... And sometimes it's the record companies themselves or random people.
what if someone is messing with us? and we are all downloading these torrents with passwords and the real songs are on our computers but we can't access them so we delete them without knowing?