Just recieved a VERY threatening email.... PLEASE HELP

[yoda291]

here are some options and you could do all or none going as far as you like.

Call him up and try and work things out, make it clear u don't appreciate threats point out the invoice.
Talk to the police with the threatening email
Get a report on it that they have this threat on file.
call up his ISP and report that one of their clients is making threats...get it on record even if they do nothing.
Let him know that the police have the threat on file so that, if anything should happen to you, he's first up to plate.

sign his bellsouth acct for loads of spam. The opt-in kind using an email forwarder. (possibly do this first)

find the address of where he works.
call his supervisor. make a big...and I mean HUGE stink about how one of his employees is threatening you. I mean to the point where there are consequences to be paid...maybe get him fired or something.

Email him asking where your court summons is now? You may or may not want to use the term "b|tch"...depending...likely, the best course of action would be to point out the invoice and tell him to have a nice day since it's documented that no warranties are implied and that she is more than welcome to call the manufacturer and work it out with them and that you offered to call the manufacturer for them.

 

[kermalou]

just give us his emaillllllllllllllll

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Talk to him and see if you can setup a time where you guys can take a look and see what is wrong and how much it will cost to fix. Tell them the price and if they don't agree, tell them you'll split the cost half and half.

Oh yeah, don't go to his house to fix it alone. Make sure to have a friend or someone you know who isn't weak or easily scared. Carrying a gun for defense isn't a bad idea either. I'd carry an MP3 player or something and make sure you have enough memory on it and set it to record and leave it in a pocket.

why would he pay half when it's user error ?
why don't you pay half ?

Well, I really don't know what the problem is. If a part broke within a warranty time, send it in or something. I'm not sure, its just an idea... I mean, if its noones fault and it just died after a few months, splitting the cost might be good.

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: bjc112

Originally posted by: aphex
As some of you might remember, some guy who i built a computer for his girlfriend was threatening to sue me if i didnt fix it the exact day he wanted (LINK) Well i decided to cut off all contact with him last week. Today i recieved the following email

Hi Josh

Thank you for confirming what I all ready knew. I told Kristen when she told me about you that you would screw her over and I warned her about this. Now she knows you are a real piece of sh*t. And as you know if you were in my place you would defend your girl friend.The diffence is I don't get mad I get even. I have a lot of friends in low
places. I know you moved in with your girl friend I know were she lives and half the crew you worked with I know and they now work for me. So enjoy things I will be making your life total hell. today is Tuesday if I don't here from by Friday the lost you will have will not be worth it to. And the bad thing you will never know were it comes from I am a very sick person when it comes to things like that I am 48 years old. I am not a kid that dose not know how to be responsible. I promise that all you friends family will know.

Good Luck you need it
Garry

He not only sent this email directly from his Bellsouth.net account, but he even had his new company name as the From Line... I have all headers and have saved the email...

What can i do? Please advise....

What do you do?



Stand the fvck up and tell him what the real deal is... You are not going to take his $hit... By all means, tell his 48 year old ass to bring the pain... He is most likely bluffing.

What happened to this computer that he wants your head?

He's just playing tough guy in front of his girlfriend.

Exactly, i mean if you were nice enough in the first place to build her a decent system for basically FREE and they cannot be logical enough to get a return like anyone else... Well then i say go to hell...

Some people.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Josh

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Do you own a gun? If not, I think now would be a good time to buy one (if you are of age).

Jeez, I wonder if anyone has ever been shot over refusing to fix a guy's computer. I'd stick with calling the cops...but if you're so inclined, a gun is a VERY expensive way to maintain your safety. However, there's no time for classes/training sessions, so I'd recommend that you just forget about a firearm for now.

Guns are a fake sense of security. The end.

Climb through my bedroom window.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
If you don't want/can't carry a firearm, get a high-power taser and Mace. Aim for the neck and face respectively.

- M4H

...and/or the gonads. That'll teach him to mess with a geek!

/involuntary protective crotchgrab

While it sure sounds painful, there's often a lot of clothing there which makes it easy to *shudder* "absorb the damage" from a taser shot to the nuts. Even a gut/torso shot is a better bet, as you can get the stomach cramping/nausea induction/shortness of breath from there. :evil:

The neck, OTOH, is unprotected, ridiculously vulnerable, and privy to a number of required bodily functions. Putting several thousand volts into it will put this asshole down in significant pain.

- M4H

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Josh

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Do you own a gun? If not, I think now would be a good time to buy one (if you are of age).

Jeez, I wonder if anyone has ever been shot over refusing to fix a guy's computer. I'd stick with calling the cops...but if you're so inclined, a gun is a VERY expensive way to maintain your safety. However, there's no time for classes/training sessions, so I'd recommend that you just forget about a firearm for now.

Guns are a fake sense of security. The end.

Climb through my bedroom window.

My .308 mag is waiting..

 

Originally posted by: yoda291
here are some options and you could do all or none going as far as you like.

Call him up and try and work things out, make it clear u don't appreciate threats point out the invoice.
Talk to the police with the threatening email
Get a report on it that they have this threat on file.
call up his ISP and report that one of their clients is making threats...get it on record even if they do nothing.
Let him know that the police have the threat on file so that, if anything should happen to you, he's first up to plate.

sign his bellsouth acct for loads of spam. The opt-in kind using an email forwarder. (possibly do this first)

find the address of where he works.
call his supervisor. make a big...and I mean HUGE stink about how one of his employees is threatening you. I mean to the point where there are consequences to be paid...maybe get him fired or something.

Email him asking where your court summons is now? You may or may not want to use the term "b|tch"...depending...likely, the best course of action would be to point out the invoice and tell him to have a nice day since it's documented that no warranties are implied and that she is more than welcome to call the manufacturer and work it out with them and that you offered to call the manufacturer for them.

^^ Good advice about calling his workplace. If aphex can forward the email to Garry's supervisor, this guy may have a lot more on his hands than just getting his computer fixed.

EDIT: this thread is growing ridicuously fast!! Let's get the power of AT behind aphex, and in front of this asshole.

 

[AndrewNF]

Originally posted by: MrYogi

Originally posted by: tRaptor
goto the cops?

they would do nothing. They would send a cop over to his house and thats all. May be this b@stard has couple of convictions already???

I wouldn't say for sure all cops will do nothing, some will take it seriously while others won't be very helpful. How busy the police are in the area, how they typically handle threats at this stage, what kind of mood the guy at the desk is in, etc all makes a difference!

But good luck aphex, keep us posted.

 

[Rogue]

The other reason you should contact the police is that they will surely get curious about this guy's "connections" and start by running his record. If he has a warrant out for something as small as a bad ticket, he goes to jail for a while, end of story.

 

[Broohaha]

tell him to join atot and we'll help with his tech problems here

ps--jk.... i wanted to go break something after i read that email. i hope you manage to eff this guy over completely whether it's physically, legally, monetarily, sexually or bullet-riddenally

 

[HappyPuppy]

Under the Patriot Act this could probably be considered a terrorist threat. Call the cops and the DA. Tell them he is harrassing you with threatening phone calls and he finally sent you the email. Cook his ass.

BTW, I don't even take the retards threats seriously. All bark and no bite. Not very smart, either.

 

Originally posted by: Rogue
The other reason you should contact the police is that they will surely get curious about this guy's "connections" and start by running his record. If he has a warrant out for something as small as a bad ticket, he goes to jail for a while, end of story.

Hopefully, their LEIN check will result in a few hits......but at the least, I hope this is the type of department that'll turn the case over to their detectives. UMDPS has a computer crimes unit in their CIU, and they'd absolutely JUMP at the chance to take a case like this. Hopefully, aphex will get the same reaction.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Millennium
Call the cops now.

 

[jfall]

The guy sounds like an ass and is most likely breathing hot air, but you never know.

Also, the last thing I would want to do is bring his work into this, getting him fired is definiately going to worsen the situation.

Handle the situation professionally and legally, dont use any cheap low blows and sink to his level. Call the cops and get it documented, call the ISP and get it documented. if anything happens, you will have it all documented and he won't be able to defend himself

 

[Rogue]

aphex,

I hope your lack of replies thus far points to your discussing this matter with the police department.

 

[Yossarian]

what a fvcking psychopath. plus he barely has a grasp of the english language or basic writing skills.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: jfall
The guy sounds like an ass and is most likely breathing hot air, but you never know.

Also, the last thing I would want to do is bring his work into this, getting him fired is definiately going to worsen the situation.

Handle the situation professionally and legally, dont use any cheap low blows and sink to his level. Call the cops and get it documented, call the ISP and get it documented. if anything happens, you will have it all documented and he won't be able to defend himself

Why would you tell him about getting his work involved, that'll take out the fun in the surprise.

Just call the cops, get it documented like what HappyPuppy and other said.
Send him a registered mail.
Consult an Attorney if need be, and even sue his ass for attorney fees and court costs.

Cook his ass definitely.

 

[jfall]

I hope he hasn't sent hired goons to aphex's house

 

[Indolent]

Originally posted by: AndrewNF

Originally posted by: MrYogi

Originally posted by: tRaptor
goto the cops?

they would do nothing. They would send a cop over to his house and thats all. May be this b@stard has couple of convictions already???

I wouldn't say for sure all cops will do nothing, some will take it seriously while others won't be very helpful. How busy the police are in the area, how they typically handle threats at this stage, what kind of mood the guy at the desk is in, etc all makes a difference!

But good luck aphex, keep us posted.

It's all relative. If you don't call the police and he does do something. They will say why didn't you call the police?

And, it's quite possible, depending on where you live, that if you do call them they will blow it off as yet another threatening email of which there are millions every day.

But, you should still call. That's what they are there for. They might help or if they don't you will at least have proof you did.

 

[richardycc]

sounds like she might have a virus, which has nothing to do with you.

 

[BillGates]

light up a bag of poo on his front porch and he'll come out in his waders to stomp it out, just like on Billy Madison. then have sex with his girlfriend.

 

[Rogue]

Florida state Statutes related to the crime(s) in question.

DEFAMATION; LIBEL; THREATENING LETTERS AND SIMILAR OFFENSES

Here's your ammo on this guy.

 

[olds]

Most likely the guy is full of hot air.
Gainesville Florida Police Department
Coral Springs Police Department

 

[Lizardman]

I would contact the FBI. THis sounds like a case of cyber-terrorism.!