Have You Ever Received Hate Mail?

@wolfie34 (26771)
United Kingdom
January 23, 2007 5:40pm CST
Have you ever been sent anything nasty through the post? Either a poison pen letter or someone has used your details to send you offending items, or used your information as revenge? What have you done about it? How did it make you feel?
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11 responses
@patootie (3592)
23 Jan 07
I am really glad to say I haven't received any written 'nasty' letters .. although I have been the victim of a few 'whispering campaigns' .. I would think it must be awful to actually get something in writing .. I think I would want to burn the letter .. hmm or would I keep it to give to the police .. what a dilemma .. it would be embarrassing to have to show someone else what had been written .. and it would be scary too ... what a lot of emotions must go through someones mind if they get nasty letters ..
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23 Jan 07
Thankfully I've never had hate mail but my Sil's ex (and her) used our address to apply for loans. We called the company and told them the situation then called them and gave them a right earful
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
24 Jan 07
How cheeky! Good for you, bet they won't do that again in a hurry!
• United States
7 Jun 07
I have not in my adult life received hate mail. I did once or twice as a teenager in middle school and high school. I was upset and offended by it then - but now I look back and just realize how utterly unimportant the incidence was in the entire span of my life. A lot of people do stupid stuff growing up and it's sooooo dramatic at the time but when you grow up you realize high school doesn't really matter. If I received hate mail now I'd probably wonder why - if it was someone I knew I'd try to address the situation. If it was just a prank I'd throw it away. If it was threatening or weird in some way I would make a report & give the letter to the police.
• United States
9 Jun 07
Thank you for the best response Wolfie.
@ukchriss (2097)
18 Feb 07
No thank goodness I havent had any hate mail, The nastiest thing which i recieve are bills! I used to get a lot of those chain mail letters but that seemed to have stopped now. A few Years ago I would get a couple of those a month which went straight into the bin!
• United States
12 Jun 07
no, i havent recieve any nast things through the post before. but a couple years ago i have through instand messenger. it was harsh. and me and that person kept fighting and fighting till one of of blocked each other. i didnt tell anyone about the little feud but only towards my friends, i didnt want serious things to happen by telling older people. but it made me sad, that a past friend would say that to me..
@Logos_1 (52)
• United States
12 Jun 07
I will be extra careful with regards to my personal details. I will take all precautions necessary so that nobody, get to tamper with my identity. Unsolicited mails are not welcome.
@weemam (13372)
18 Mar 07
yes I did my friend , MY brother in law once used our name to buy furniture and we got a letter about it , I was physically sick because we never bought anything on hire purchase always saved up for it , I went to our lawyer and he got it all fixed for us as he had forged hubby's signature but it was truly a horrible experience , he was no good scrounger and still is xx
@rosie_123 (6113)
17 Mar 07
Well I've never received "hate mail" as such, but I was "stalked" on the Internet by an obsesional young man for a couple of years, after meeting him on another Forum I belong too. When I told him I wasn't interestied in him, he sarted bombarding me with "hate mail" in the shape of PMs and BadReps on that site, and threatened me. Eventually he was banned:-)) I also received a barage of nuisance phone calls about 15 years ago, and had to go to the Police to report them. They made me feel worse than the Internet stalker, because they only happened when my partner was away on business, so I knew they came from someone local who could track my movements.
@AmbiePam (84668)
• United States
13 Mar 07
I got a hateful letter from a former co-worker last year. She threatened me, she said some really evil things, and she warned me no one would believe she sent it. Well, I quit later because I reported the letter and the boss did nothing. My co-workers were outraged for me, but honestly, I had to lift some heavy things, and it hurt my back terribly. So she did me a favor, although it was very childish for her to do that in that particular manner.
@aprilgrl (4460)
• United States
9 Jun 07
No I have never got a hate mail and hope that I don't. If I get one I would be very , very hurt.
• United States
13 Mar 07
Thankfully I've never received nasty letters through the post before, but I've had my fair share of hate mail through my email address and comments on my website. Mostly from people who disagreed with what I've said somewhere and don't believe that everyone is allowed to have a difference of opinion. I'm sure if I ever got mail like that through the post, my mom would freak out and make us move. Shes that paranoid about things on the internet and is convinced that I'm going to get myself killed.