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Post by hoodieprincess on Feb 13, 2008 8:53:09 GMT -5
So...Before we all migrated this direction, I had posted about starting to get weird, creepy emails. They were from someone who went through the trouble of making an email address using MY first and last name..."iknowamy_______@yahoo.com" (I'll leave my last name out of it). So, it started as a couple emails that just said "Sorry," or "I wanted to tell you how sorry I was." The very 1st, just said my name in the email and nothing else. So, I left it. I wasn't taking the bait. But it's when the 3rd had rolled in because the subject said, "kjones". I know a K Jones. Something about it struck me as odd...More than coincidence. I have never answered any of these e-mails. I for whatever reason got a gut feeling who they might be from even though they were as vague as possible. Today, I got some again. After finally skipping weeks (as they had been a weekly thing), I got 2 again. They both were the same, it's just like it was sent twice. Now, the name of a company I worked for was in the subject...Same one I knew K Jones from. I honestly don't know who they are from and at this point I get the gut feeling it's more than just spam...After having a couple stalkers in my life, I actually hate the feeling this brings up...All the secretiveness and such...Ugh, what a pain.
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Post by goods on Feb 13, 2008 8:56:07 GMT -5
You should contact the local cops.... this harrassment. Maybe they can find out through the ISPs who is sending them. OH! don't reply.
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Post by hoodieprincess on Feb 13, 2008 10:02:27 GMT -5
Well, the easy thing to do would be to just block that email but I guess to me, right now, that's not the point. It's the fact that someone went through the trouble of making such an email address...That they feel compelled to just stir things up a bit..That they are trying to be so secretive...It's just a pain. And, yes, I've thought about contacting my local pd. In most cases here, you have to tell them to not contact you before they can count it as harassment but that would mean relpying and I don't want to at all, strange enough.
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Post by redskyatnight on Feb 14, 2008 10:39:17 GMT -5
Since you aren't replying and they are still coming, the person is probably getting some kind of kicks from it. I agree with the suggestion to block the address, hide your online status and forget about it. Stalkers like the feeling of power they get when they create distress.
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Post by Saucy on Feb 14, 2008 12:52:46 GMT -5
....OR change your email address. and only give out your new address to the ones you know are trust worthy of NOT doing such a thing.
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Post by redskyatnight on Feb 14, 2008 15:53:59 GMT -5
In another post, you said your ex just got out of jail. When did these weird emails start?
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Post by murdock on Feb 14, 2008 16:14:11 GMT -5
The scarry thing about this is if you cut off this line of communication, they will resort to another means of contact. I would take this extremely serious. For instance, my girlfriend was getting a call every morning at the same time every day for over a year. When she changed her number the guy showed up at her house!!!
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Post by hoodieprincess on Feb 15, 2008 11:06:27 GMT -5
The scarry thing about this is if you cut off this line of communication, they will resort to another means of contact. I would take this extremely serious. For instance, my girlfriend was getting a call every morning at the same time every day for over a year. When she changed her number the guy showed up at her house!!! Ironically, I had a female stalker who did the same thing as that guy did to that gf of yours. And, some people say, "It's only an email, I don't know why it even phases you." But, having the history I have, it's like an engrained response to suddenly be on edge. My guess is this guy is still out of state. But, for all I know, he could be back here in Colorado. He'd wanted to move back about 18 mos ago. I thought about this a lot lately. I am not going to junk his email. I don't check my junk and it deletes every 48 hrs. Sure, not seeing it might be a good thing. What I've decided is that at this time, I am not responding. I am not giving him the validation he's seeking. Right now, by being so secretive and vague, he's wanting my attention and he's wanting me to come to him for answers. It isn't going to happen. So, I'll leave them coming to my in-box but I'll continually just move them over into a special saved folder. If they get crazy or God forbid anything should ever happen that is worse, there will be a record there for me or someone else to go off of. That's the plan thus far...
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