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mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2799
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 27, 2004 - 12:27 pm: |     |
THIS IS NOT A JOKE - I just had news from another MOL poster that he had received a nude photo of me (there is no such thing so it was engineered) FROM MY PRIVATELINE ADDRESS, and I am contacting both the police and my lawyer. Our first move is to inquire here if anyone else has received one and if so please forward the file to me, again via privateline. Please no joke responses as we are involving the police and we don't want to waste their time. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help and sorry if anyone else has received this garbage. I don't think I'll be posting anymore on MOL after this. |
Marc
Citizen
Username: Bautisma
Post Number: 119
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 27, 2004 - 12:33 pm: | |
how was the photo engineered from your privateline address? did you have a picture of yourself posted in your profile? |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2800
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 27, 2004 - 12:38 pm: | |
I have just involved the police so please - If anyone has received a file like this help us find out who it is and stop them... |
ML1
Citizen
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 1594
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 27, 2004 - 12:44 pm: | |
you may have a virus that's sending email from your account. |
ML1
Citizen
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 1595
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 27, 2004 - 12:48 pm: | |
according to Comcast, it could be something like this:
"Keep your PC's anti-virus software up-to-date and install a firewall. Unprotected high-speed Internet connections are vulnerable to infection by viruses that are programmed to open gateways, also known as proxies, to relay spam. By not keeping your PC secure, you may unwittingly be a courier for spam." |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2802
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 27, 2004 - 12:55 pm: | |
I have no photo of me in a networked computer. Someone that has seen me used a photo that looked somewhat like me. Therefore it is not a virus. |
debby
Citizen
Username: Debby
Post Number: 108
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 7:34 am: | |
How bizarre. Mem - I'm sorry someone is abusing you. |
Sylad
Citizen
Username: Sylad
Post Number: 340
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 8:19 am: | |
So if I am following this correctly, a message board user got a PL message from you with a the photo? Is that right? If so then someone has access to your pc or your password. In another thread you said you traded your password or have logged in as another user...(something like that) Was that recently, have you changed your password since you let others use it?
Can the message board determine the IP address of the PC when a user logs in? If so I would think the police would be able to work with the ISPs to determine where the PC is located. ISPs are slow to provide this info, but due to the nature if this issue they may move faster.
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Dave
Citizen
Username: Dave
Post Number: 6479
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 9:56 am: | |
It's not possible to send images through the message board's private line system, so the message originated elsewhere. |
just me fromsouthorange
Citizen
Username: Jmfromsorange
Post Number: 119
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 10:23 am: | |
i can't believe the police are going to waste their time trying to track down who sent an email with a picture in it.
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monster
Citizen
Username: Monster
Post Number: 118
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 1:05 pm: | |
if you are going to collect emails, make sure that you view the email showing all headers and copy and paste it into a new email that is to be sent.
Also send this to abuse@yourisp,com/net/org
along with an explanation of the event.
Since this may be a federal offense you should also go to this FBI site and file a complaint,
https://www.ifccfbi.gov/cf1.asp
just follow the instructions given.
Make sure you keep a copy of the email sent to you, along with all headers. |
Duncan
Citizen
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 1595
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 1:45 pm: | |
justme.. at what point does a citizen's complaint warrent the polices attention? Just let these little things pass and its no biggie? What if it were you, or your daughter, or mother? would it warrent attention then?? Sheesh.
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Frost French
Citizen
Username: Frost
Post Number: 10
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 4:12 pm: | |
A citizen's complaint warrants police attention when a law is broken. As far as I can see from the situation as described, no law was broken, unless there was an explicit or implicit textual threat included in the email. But the complainant is usually welcome to file a police report to establish a timeline in case any laws relevant to the situation are either broken in the future or determined retroactively to have been broken.
The FBI will not get involved in an incident of this nature. |
monster
Citizen
Username: Monster
Post Number: 120
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 7:12 pm: | |
it is a federal offense to spoof an email address, and the content of the email could be perceived as a terroristic threat under some of these new laws.
It is a federal crime to utilize a computer to commit any crime.
It is a federal crime to use or traffic in computer passwords, (such as ISP passwords for email).
It is a federal crime to commit illegal activities
through an interstate communication (the internet).
Unauthorized access into a private email account is a crime, The law provides for a total sentence of 3 years in prison, a fine of $300,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is based on the seriousness of the offense and the criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
blah-blah-blah
apparently, any crime committed where there is the use of a computer, means it can be federally prosecuted.
Until the role of the "National Infrastructure Protection Center" (NIPC) is more clearly defined, the FBI is handeling all matters of this nature.
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Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 2525
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 8:23 pm: | |
Mem:
Have you actually seen a copy of the e-mail and the attachment? Are you certain that they exist and that they were received as described? |
mas
Citizen
Username: Maplemas
Post Number: 79
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 11:48 pm: | |
Wow, I'm so sorry this is happening. You are right to involve the police.
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mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2807
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 1, 2004 - 9:34 am: | |
Thanks for all the well wishes. Apparently the file was deleted, and hopefully it's a one time incident. Since I don't want to waste police time unless it happens again, I just let an old friend of mine who is a detective know about it.
I am very relieved that no other MOLers have received this (I pictured all you guys receiving this! yikes!) or that it hasn't happened to anyone else here. It was a rough one last week. |
Maplewoody
Citizen
Username: Maplewoody
Post Number: 478
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 3, 2004 - 6:42 am: | |
mem,
We all know you posed for Hustler back in the 1980's! 
Those were just your old fotos being recirculated! |
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