Offensive, threatening emails & posts
Submitted: Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 17:18
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Mr Fawlty
Yes I've started to get some which some of you will say is poetic justice but this is not being done in jest, these are threatening and offensive. Maybe an Indian Telemarketer that I have offended....
One of you will know who to report them to, I've emailed DCITA but have had as yet no response.
Any Clues?
Reply By: PeteS - Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 18:04
Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 18:04
Mr Fawlty
Be wary, I do not reply to any email address I do not know.
Many are spam emails that are very generic.
Some ask you to click on a link to be removed from future emails. By doing this you simply validate your email address which is then sold by them to the BIG Spammers as a valid address.... then more Spam.
If they do not identify you by exact name and specifics then I doubt they actually know you.
Hope it sorts itself out. I would recommend you ignore them, just keep copies etc and report as suggested by Mike etc.
PeteS
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Follow Up By: ExplorOz Team - Michelle - Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 19:22
Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 19:22
This is what I would suggest has happened. You'd be surprised the volume of junk mail that we get - and as a result we are pretty clued up on what's real and what's a bait. Never respond - as PeteS says, this simply validates that your email address is real and that confirms you on their hit list. Now, just ignore. It will eventually go away.
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Reply By: Footloose - Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 20:42
Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 20:42
Geez, if I had some female harrassing me telling me to be careful who I sleep with, I'd think I'd won Lotto. I might even ask if that's an invitation. :)))
Seriously, all good advice in these posts. I used to get heaps of spam, and still get my share. Now I use Spamfighter, and it just zaps the nasties into a folder where I can peek and delete.
Good luck with it all, you can live without that sort of harassment.
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Reply By: Motherhen - Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 22:47
Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 22:47
Mail is not necessarily really from who it appears to be, or from the ISP it appears to be from. Yesterday in the list of mail my ISP Spam net caught, amongst all the overseas junk selling all sorts of dubious stuff, was one which appeared to be from my personal email address, which of course it wasn't, and the Spam screening service had labelled it 100% spam probability. It was really nothing to do me or with anyone from my ISP - just clever emailing.
My Fawlty - i go along with those who say use block sender, then empty your delete box each day. Don't let it worry you and don't take it personally. The same mail is probably going 100s of people all over the world.
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Follow Up By: Mr Fawlty - Friday, May 25, 2007 at 10:41
Friday, May 25, 2007 at 10:41
Nup it's personal, whoever is doing this knows my real name and uses it. Also this is going to my real email adress, if it was going to my hotmail account I would not be worried. Since posting a mate has offered me the use of some nasty software of "questionable legality" that can be used to do unpleasant things to the senders PC, of use to those of us who get this sort of mail....
In the interests of self defence I'm gonna give it a go. I'll report back in due course.
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Follow Up By: Steve from Top End Explorer Tours - Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 22:39
Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 22:39
Just a little hint...
...to avoid spam like that, get yourself a disposable email address (eg. with spamgourmet, just google it). They're great little helpers, as you don't have to disclose your real address when registration requires one.
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Reply By: Mr Fawlty - Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 12:03
Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 12:03
The Sender has been identified, the matter is now in the hands of the AFP ( who handle complaints concerning the improper use of the internet). The woman sending this garbage to me claims it is mistaken identity but still persisted with threats and malicious verbage.
Using the advice from this
forum she was identified and now faces prosecution. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP!
I can now resume my self appointed role as "agent Provocateur" without fear of threat, unless it's from Gramps in relation to his tone deafness....Old Bean indeed!
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 16:29
Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 16:29
AFP Another Female Protagonist?
Maybe u should tell us her details and send pics of your tryst and we could send her our best wishes
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 19:20
Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 19:20
LOL glad you got that sorted out old bean .... ooops ... sorry, Basil :)))))))
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