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

[Broohaha]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: mztykal Aphex you here?

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Bleep
It is interesting that your friend would be living or dating a guy 48, he is at the magic age where his IQ is equal to his age.

I have worked a little with law inforcement and do not contact him or her in any way, do not offer anything. Print out the mail and all the properties on the mail. Take it to the county atty and the police department and file for a protection order against both of them. Do not do anything yourself that might be considered a threat or harrassment by you it will just fudge things up for you.
Let the legal system do the dirty work for you. Do not be afraid of the jerk. When you go for the protection order be sure that you mention that harrassing and threatning phone calls were made and back that up with the e-mail.
Him and her will crap when they get the order served on them by the law inforcement responsible for servicing these documents.
If it were me personally I would complain to his employer that you suspect the mail was sent from his workplace and if it does not stop you will get a protection order against them also.
DO NOT wimp out on this if you do you will regret it for the rest of your life. Stand up and be a man dont let nutcakes like him or her jack you around. You have the power to stop him dead in his tracks with the protection order and if he or she violates the order to jail they go. Do no let them intimidate you if you start life letting bullies get to you it will never end.

Good Luck
Bleep

Well said. If you're getting wronged by somebody you can back down and be a big pussy with no self-respect or take a screw-you mentality and do the right thing.

 

[xaigi]

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....

Watch out! He may try to hit you with spelling errors, or even a grammar gun!

 

[markjrubin]

I didn't get to read the whole thread but saw that Aphex didn't reply. He's just fine. I was talking with him last night as he was posting this. He was heading to bed right afterwards because he had to be up at 6:30.

 

[imported_Papi]

A lawyer once told me that regardless of the context of an e-mail, it is a legal document and CAN hold up in court. Josh, fvck'em. Call the police, charge the idiot of harassment, and taken him to court.

It's unfortunate that you even have to bother with it at all. And it will me time consuming, but don't let him get to you. Show him what it is to be a MAN and handle it civilly and maturely. He obviously doesn't know what that is like.

 

[imported_Papi]

Originally posted by: kermalou
just give us his emaillllllllllllllll

fer real.... ATOT Spam

 

[Grouchyoldguy]

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.

That e-mail could be considered "Making a terrorist threat" which is a Federal felony. Someone I know threatened to kick another guys ass over the phone and was promptly arrested under this statue.It turned into serious sh!t.

 

[Bulk Beef]

I have worked a little with law inforcement and do not contact him or her in any way, do not offer anything. Print out the mail and all the properties on the mail. Take it to the county atty and the police department and file for a protection order against both of them. Do not do anything yourself that might be considered a threat or harrassment by you it will just fudge things up for you.

Werd. Take it to the cops. Don't deal with him at all.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: oniq
Hes an old man, what are you afraid of? He can't type worth sh!t either, fvcking moron.

yeh, just find some anonymous goon, pay him a couple of hundred and have him break the guys kneecaps.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Call the police in your town and his. Now. Have them send an officer out, and show them a copy of the email. Failing that, bring the email to the station tomorrow. Hopefully it's all talk, but you can NEVER be too careful. The sooner it's reported, the sooner it can be taken care of.

Finally some sound advice, I don't know what the f the rest of you are thinking with such brillian ideas as "kick his @$$ first" and "fix the computer" the guy is unstable he has made threats, the sooner he gets these documented the better. Should the worst start happening the police will have a good indication of where to begin looking. I hope that guy is prepared to go to jail over a computer.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: 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.

Nice, looks like up to 15 years for the guy.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Just get some friends in even lower places to pay him a visit.

Once he'll get out of the hospital in 4 years you let em put him back in there again immediately, and see if that taught him anything.

/pesci "Tomorrow I'm gonna get up early and take a walk to the bank with a couple of guys, we are going to come in and ask to see you. If you don't have that Fvckin money, I'm gonna crack your skull. Yeah, sure I'll go to jail, but in about 10 years when I'm getting out, *hopefully* you will be comin out of you coma. And guess what? I'll come back and do it again. Why? because I'm stupid and don't give a fvck about jail."

/end pesci.

 

[edro]

Man... could you imagine the look on his face if he got hit with a restraining order.... Do it. And keep a copy of the order and the email taped to your front door.

 

[flot]

Funny stuff.

Also, people keep mentioning Florida. If the "goon" in question lives in FL as well, florida sometime last year passed a law that all the counties have to have their public (criminal) records searchable online and free. So if you know his full name, you can search for his county and the clerk of the court records will be there for you to peruse. With an attitude like that, sounds like he should have an entertaining history... And of course if he DOES have a documented shady past, printing out this info as well would certainly back your case up with the police if you chose to go that route.

As in "here Mr. Officer is the threatening note I got from x, and here is a printout of his past run ins with the law to demonstrate that I really should be worried"

 

[Ulfwald]

Step 1. Call the LAW
Step 2. Get bag o popcorn and wait for show to begin.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: xcript

Originally posted by: jumpr
Call the police in your town and his. Now. Have them send an officer out, and show them a copy of the email. Failing that, bring the email to the station tomorrow. Hopefully it's all talk, but you can NEVER be too careful. The sooner it's reported, the sooner it can be taken care of.

Yes, contact the police.

This guy sounds like a f*cking freak.

Contact the cops. That is correct action.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: kermalou
just give us his emaillllllllllllllll

I say definitely alert the cops. Possibly get a restraining order.

Secondly don't give us his email, give it to someone else to give to us.

We just want to let him know that your not alone and all your friends DON'T work for him. :|

 

[ATLien247]

Am I the only one that notices that Aphex hasn't posted in a while?

Think he got got?

 

[tarheelmm]

Stick to your guns. Read your original post and go to the police. Get a restraining noting that a threat from one person for others to harm you was sent to you. Let the police handle it. It is a pain and burden to worry about but the further you can space yourself from the situation the better. Good luck!

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

I am starting to think this is all just a bunch of bullsh!t. The mother-of-all-Skoorbs.

 

[Rob9874]

This is why I don't fix computers outside my immediate family. Most morons screw up their own computers, and within a month they're going to be calling you expecting you to fix it.

 

[Broohaha]

Originally posted by: ATLien247
Am I the only one that notices that Aphex hasn't posted in a while? Think he got got?

he better not have! we need an update!

 

[rahvin]

Aphex,

Call the cops report it, also tell them they tried to get you to assist them in commiting insurance fraud.

 

[Ernieb]

i once received a threatening message the left on my cell phone
i went straight to the police station and let the police officer listen to the
message he recorded the message and save it in a tiny little tape.
I felt better after visiting the police
they couldn't help anything but if something really happens to me
then they would know where to chase.
Just my experience

 

[gleong]

Originally posted by: Broohaha

Originally posted by: ATLien247
Am I the only one that notices that Aphex hasn't posted in a while? Think he got got?

he better not have! we need an update!

Someone posted saying he went to bed after posting his message.

Hopefully, he went straight to the Police station after he woke up...