I am being Harrass on the internet!

@marciascott (25529)
United States
September 9, 2008 10:17am CST
What do you do about the situation? I have put the person in my Spam Email. I haven't heard from them from them from my email. so I guess it is working. unless they come here at Mylot. I have met some good people here, and people I thought was nice but they are not. They are talking about blackmailing me? What do you think about this? what would you do? I won't expse the person but they are giving me the Blues? And even got my family members involved!
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20 responses
• United States
9 Sep 08
If you have nothing to hide and really feel physically threatened. You can report them to the police. Of course you must be able to prove that it is a real threat of harassment and not just that you have an over active imagination. I am sure you know by now that on the Internet everyone is fair game and you leave yourself open to any kind of predators.
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Well I met them from Mylot. and became friends now they keep harassing me. Now on Mylot but in my email. I press the spam button so I don't get there email anymore. They are from India.
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• United States
9 Sep 08
I forgot to ask where you are being threatened your title says on the Internet but your text says "here" do you specifically mean myLot or just on the Internet? I got hacked from someone on myLot and reported it to admin. They did respond but in reality did nothing about it.
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• United States
9 Sep 08
I have one rule for the Internet that I never break and that is I do not under any circumstances give out my personal information and that includes email address to anyone on an open forum. If it is not a secure site I do not even give my real name. I hope Marcia Scott is not your real name as you would be too easy for anyone wanting to cause you trouble. Well now that I know your problems arise from someone in India I do not think you are in any danger at all (physical or otherwise) so just forget it and ignore what I said about contacting the police as they would just laugh at you!!
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
9 Sep 08
this is bad.i thought mylot is a safe place.why dont you write to mylot administrations?????do let me know off further developments.
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Becky they are from your Country.
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
10 Sep 08
i guess i knew some people are not good but i though mylot is a safe place!!!!!!!
@JoyfulOne (6232)
• United States
9 Sep 08
OMG! That's horrible, and scary too. Blackmail is serious business to say the least and the police need to hear about this so you can be protected and that it will be on file there (in case anything further happens). If it was me, I'd make a print of the email you received (with the 'full header' option) and take it to my local police department. When you choose the 'full header' option of the letter before printing it out, the police will have the person's computer id. From there they can tell where the letter originated from, who their internet service provider is, and from there it can lead to the actual person and their computer. (Vital info for the police so they can do something about it.) Blackmail is blackmail, whether it's in person, by mail, or via the computer. They should be able to do something about it and help you. At the very least, they should be able to tell you exactly how to handle this. How absolutely horrible for you to have to go through this. Blessings and good luck. Try not to stress out too much, they're obviously just a mean jerk!
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Thanks Joy I know they are reading this email. I met them from mylot. I think they are just messable and lonley and don't have anything else to do.
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@JoyfulOne (6232)
• United States
9 Sep 08
I read other posts further down...since they're not from the U.S. I'm not sure if the police could do anything. But still, if it's on record there, and this person tries anything to do with your private information, at the very least you would have written proof. I think if it turned into an international case of fraud they could still get them. It's too bad that they are a mylot person, shame on them, there's no reason for this kind of childish behaviour! I hope you have informed mylot admin, and also given them a copy of the threatening note/s you got. I hope that if this person's reading all of this they change their mind and leave you (and possibly others) alone. It's people like that who try and wreck a whole nice community such as this.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
9 Sep 08
OMG!! honey i am so sorry to hear what is happening to you. they can only blackmail you if they have something over your head. and i would suggest if that is the case, you come clean to whoever you need to come clean too so they can take their power away! I would report them to mylot and let mylot know what is going on. please don't give anyone the power of you by feeling blue, or evening thinking about leaving.
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
9 Sep 08
They are not Harassing me from Mylot from My email. I just press the Spam button, they are proably reading this right now. I met them at Mylot.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
9 Sep 08
well you said you blocked them. and let me tell you this, don't delete any of those emails. save them in a folder and take them to the damn police and let them know what is going on. let me tell you. they can get the IPaddress find out where that person lives and arrest them. for online stalker and harrasment. don't delete those emails, and don't let any do that sh*t to you.
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@gemini_rose (16264)
9 Sep 08
I am sorry to hear this, and you do not know who it is? You will have to try and think of who you have given your email address too I guess. I have never had this happen to me so I do not know what I would do, I guess the same as you put them in my spam, I wonder if you can report it somehow. I hope that you manage to sort this out, I can imagine it is really upsetting.
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
10 Sep 08
It ks the guy that responded to one of your discussions. the one that I said have 3 names here.
@gemini_rose (16264)
13 Sep 08
I think I know who you are on about, that is really bad. Have you tried reporting to myLot? Are you just being harrassed on here or in personal emails too? You can block people on your emails.
@rainmark (4302)
10 Sep 08
When reading this discusson, i feel scared. I can't believe lots of people really doing that. What's their intension then? And they are on mylot? You better to report them to administrator. HOpe you can get rid of them and have a peace of mind and never bothered anymore.Happy myloting!
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
10 Sep 08
I met them here but they harass me through my email. I guess I shouldn't of gave them my email. Thanks for your input.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
13 Sep 08
If it was me, I would have figured out a way to trap them somehow. Get their name, etc. and report them to their ISP and your local authorities as well. People like this are Sick, and just asking for trouble. Seriously, I hope for your sake, they are not a member of myLot, as there is no real way to Block anyone here. But I am wishing you the Best, and hope somehow you can find out who is doing this, and they have to pay for this as well.
@mnflower (1299)
• United States
9 Sep 08
report them to mylot and also to your mail server they can do something and will. This is a threat and they will follow the emails by there ip addresses and will put an end to it, they will go to there home and take there computer for it is a personal threat and they take that very serious,why I know my best friend just had the same thing happen but not on mylot another network site and yes they found the person and he was brought up on charges and they took his computer and he will not get it back.
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@seabeauty (1480)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Thats terrible and oh so frightening. How did he manage to get your family members involved? Did you give him their email addy or phone numbers? He should be ashamed of himself. When I first read your post I figured he was from Nigeria because I hear about those Nigerian scams and those people can threaten your life if you don't give them what they want. Now it's being done from India? What country is next?
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• Australia
15 Sep 08
You must be a special person to have this happen to you? Why? Because this person clearly wants to be like you. You see, people who behave like this are jealous, but instead of just getting on with their own life, they have to interfere as much as they can in the lives of those they are jealous of. I know it is annoying having to deal with the rubbish that comes with all the harassment, but it really is a compliment if you stop to think about it.
@skbh12 (2946)
• Philippines
10 Sep 08
really? that is scary because you are being black mailed. i guess you have to ignore that person and stop worrying about it. that person will surely stop. i hope!
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• Pakistan
11 Sep 08
well i would say just leave it ... and trust God what ever he will do it will be better if you have true faith in GOD.
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• United Kingdom
10 Sep 08
If you are seriously being harrassed on here then you take it up with My Lot immediately. You shouldn't stand for anything like that, no one should. If you are unhappy here and you are not willing to expose them then there's nothing else you can do. The only thing you can really do is leave but why should you do that? You shouldn't leave and you shouldn't have to stand for any crap either! Excuse my language!!! Anyway, stay strong, keep posting and get My Lot involved if you have to. Andrew
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@diacedez (177)
• United States
10 Sep 08
well.. ive been on quite a few websites where there was forums n people tryin to mess with people.. those type just have nothin better to do then try to mess with someone on the internet cuz they are clearly not happy with their own life.. just ignore it.. all u have to worry bout is yourself and the people u care about n care about u.. sticks n stones break bones but words will never hurt me.. its simple and really old but basically raps up this situation ahah
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Welcome to Mylot Yeah. that is what they say. Yhanks for your input!
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
10 Sep 08
Stop being a victim. I would contact the mylot administration and the police. Do keep a copy of your emails / postings. These may be a proof. Give a warning to your blackmailers. If they continue to contact you I would proceed if i was instead of you.
• United States
12 Sep 08
Blackmail is a federal offense, if you feel they are serious you should call the police and file charges. If you have the emails where they have threatened you give them to the police, I hope you have saved the stuff, if not do so in the future. Blessings Marilyn
• India
10 Sep 08
If they are black mailing it is really serious. The height they have reached to involve your family members. Is there protection under law of the local administration. Take some remedial measure.
@Humbug25 (12540)
10 Sep 08
Hi ya marciascott This sounds all a bit serious, I should get the police invovled especially if they are blackmailing you!! Take care
@AamidMS (73)
• India
10 Sep 08
Well, was it just for fun? or you got that mail which was meant for someone else? Blackmailing you means they have your name? Family members involved? Oh my God, thats very shocking. You must think very carefully and perform more carefully, never risk your family, whatever may happen. Don't you have others to take help of? Get help from as much people possible, but remember to perform carefully.
@aboutus (27)
• Philippines
10 Sep 08
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