Not off topic - stick with me - Anyone get a vile msg in their e-mail?

[funky_bug]

I just checked my hotmail and got this lovely message:

From : bill smiters <[e-mail]>
Sent : Monday, June 21, 2004 4:52 AM
To : XXXXXXX
Subject : DUers are traitors



get off the forum bitch




Final tagline : All you need to visit is ... http://www.leader.ru
___________________________________________________________
Get your own Web-based E-mail Service at http://www.zzn.com

Anyone else feeling loved today? WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?????

[NMDemDist2]

1. OMFG that's awful

i didn't get one like that thank heavens

[NC_Nurse]

2. Wow! That's bizarre!

I didn't get it either...
yikes. :scared:

[Katarina]

3. Here you go

http://www.zzn.com/membersarea_en/joinframes.asp?main=support

Report their ass. If nothing else it will be one less email the pussbag can use.

[JNelson6563]

32. nasty people just suck

Here's a message I got once:

I can't wait to watch people like you get turned to ash by what is coming at you in the general election. You're pathetic, unable to recognize good press and interesting allies when you see them, and you are going to get laid waste. Win or lose, you are in for a rough road, and I'm going to laugh my ass off watching you. Pathetic. Totally pathetic.


Only mine was from a fellow DUer.

Sad, eh?

Julie

[Tom Rinaldo]

4. That sure is ugly

I'm sorry some lowlife sent that to you. You can bet he doesn't bother sending shit like that to someone who isn't pushing all his buttons by EFFECTIVELY countering what he stands for. And by his action in sending it, you get a pretty good idea exactly what it is that he DOES stand for. This election really is critical. What we are trying to do really does matter. What YOU are doing really is important. Sometimes you can judge a person by their enemies, but in this case I never needed that. You have always been tops in my book. God bless you.

[GoldenOldie]

5. .ru ?????

I believe this is a website within Russia.

[funky_bug]

6. It's a web-based e-mail service

I just figured this little whippet went to town today, insulting as many DU'ers as he could. I didn't think it was personal. Was it something I said? LOL

[Career Prole]

8. Whatever it was you must have said it well!

If you figure it out, tell me so I can say it too! :toast: :yourock:

[funky_bug]

9. Dunno - could be a random attack, or it could have been this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x553702

Either way, it sure is strange!

[funky_bug]

7. Wow, Tom. Thank you!

What esteemed words of support! I really was wondering if it was a mass-attack on DU'ers, but I guess it was personal. That being said, for every enemy I make, I plan to win over two for the good guys.

Thanks again for your heartfelt words. They do mean a lot!

[Selwynn]

10. Well that just sucks ass!

But good people love you, so oh well! :D

[AP]

11. DU + letter to the editor = freeper hate campaign target

[radfringe]

12. consider it a badge of honor

yes, the e-mail is terrible -- but consider it a badge of honor

Sometimes it's not the "positive" responses that reflect who or how many people that you are effecting -- but rather it's the number of "negative" responses -- something you said/posted touched a nerve and angered a morAn enough that he/she took the time to send you the e-mail.

From the content of the e-mail you posted I can see that this person has declined to address whatever issue he/she had and preferred to use the GOPer tactic of school-yard name calling.

[BootinUp]

13. Looks like a freeper

Some freeper that hangs out here evidently saw your thread about the letter you wrote. Seems your letter upset him, more evidence of a job well done! :thumbsup:

[Padraig18]

14. You need to report that e-mail to both Hotmail and your ISP's security.

That is, at minimum, a violation of anyone's TOS; it is also a thinly-veiled threat, IMO.

[funky_bug]

15. The second is not so thin - he returns

I reported him to his e-mail provider, but got a new one today:

"Stay away from that fat pigs Moore's movie-We freepers carry"

That is NOT so thin. I'm reporting up the wazoo... including the Cyber Crimes unit.

However, I didn't think to report it to my ISP's security, so I'm going to do that too. Thanks, Paddy.

[Tom Rinaldo]

16. A 12 year old can be Rambo at a desk top

But of course you are right to take it seriously enough to report. "Threats" aren't really personal unless and until they start appearing in your day to day life, not just online and/or in public email boxes.

[Padraig18]

18. YW

No threat should be dismissed out of hand, including this one. Hope they catch whoever it is.

:hug:

[SW FL Dem]

20. I hope the sender lives in a different state than you do.

Sending an internet threat over state lines can be a felony.

[funky_bug]

27. Phoenix

Deleted to protect the innocent. Suffice it to say, he's being tracked down.

[PatGund]

21. More ego than gonads, it sounds like....

And they'd more than likely poop their britches if confronted by a DUer that also carries weapons.

[in_cog_ni_to]

17. Some more Republican love?

GEEEEEZ! They are all deranged! I didn't receive any email like that and am sorry you did. That's frightening.

[factroid]

19. hate email

All it takes is one nut to sound threatening. Hope it doesn't doesn't go anywhere (probably not). I notice that few ever act much out, unless they are on drugs or alcohol, and then they are usually too discoherent to be methodical. Bush etal has done much to exaggerate the fear base these days. We'll hope we get someone more reasonable in office soon, huh?

[rinsd]

22. Report his ass...

Especially for the later threats.

Did you list your e-mail on DU? Or did he track you down? That could also be CyberStalking in addition to terroristic threats.

[spooky3]

23. I'm sorry this happened to you--here's how I think he tracked you.

Because I reconstructed it. He read the DU thread about the published letter to the editor, which included your full name. He then put that name into a Yahoo! search. One of the found entries was a page on which your email address was linked. He then sent his nasty emails to that email address. I went to another page found in that same Yahoo! search, where you had made a post some time ago--and there was what appeared to be a link to a shall we say unsavory web page, dated 6/19/04--do you suppose that is a coincidence?

Is there any way you or the mods could remove identifying info from your letter to the editor thread?

I hope the authorities take this matter seriously and go after this person. If his return email address is not a fake, that should help them find him.

I guess we all need to remember what ugliness exists among some people in the world and to take care to stay safe.

[funky_bug]

24. Now I'm PISSED!

I followed your trail, and I'm really really pissed off. First at myself for posting my name with that original thread, and second at the freeper from hell for acting like a pathetic excuse for a human being.

Hell, if I wanted a stalker, I'd pick better.

[spooky3]

29. If it is any consolation, the Freedom From Religion Foundation

prints the emails they get from "Christians" (probably all freepers) when they win a court battle or get a LTOE published. The emails sound just like the ones to you, or worse, and are usually full of spelling and grammatical errors.

[mzmolly]

25. I certainly haven't gotten such a message, and I'm a huge BITCH.

I'm offended! ;)

Actually you can trace the message via hotmail by changing your settings as often times these messages have a phony return address.

If you'd like more info lemme know.

[funky_bug]

26. Update!

Deleted to protect the innocent. Suffice it to say, he's being tracked down.

[spooky3]

28. Good, the sooner the better. Make an example out of him.

[mzmolly]

30. Glad to hear it!

:hug:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

33. Good news!

:party: :toast: :bounce:

[janx]

31. Keep us posted on the outcome. It's good to know that

you reported it.