A few days ago I put some furniture I'm trying to sell on Craigslist. Specifically, a couch set. Just to be funny and cute, I said "if I don't sell these couches, then I plan on torching the f***ers for a 4th of July bar-b-que".
So I get a reply to my ad in my inbox today and it's someone that said "watch your language" and nothing else. I've been having a bad day as it is and this kind of pissed me off. I don't know if they were just kidding or trying to be anal about my choice of words, but I decided on some revenge for the needless comment.
They were using an AOL email and it appeared that it was probably their real email address. Trolling Craigslist with your real email is probably stupid but I may have done something dumber.
To get my revenge, I went to Google and typed in "free porn newsletter" and got a few sites to sign up for. All three I signed up for said they were sending verification emails so I figured they might not get a ton of spam, but at least they'd get a couple offensive verification type emails. I was able to dig up two of the three I signed them up to and the response emails didn't say anything like "someone signed up for free porn from IP addres XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX". But I don't know about the third.
I didn't stop there though. I went into a couple newsgroups and posted the person's email address figuring that a Usenet address harvester would get ahold of it and then they'd really get some spam.
Well a few hours later I get another email from the person that said to watch my language that said "You are reported for harassment. You signed me up to a porn site. Remove my email or you will be reported for harassment."
I laughed at first but then I kind of got worried an looked it up. It appears that someone in Maryland (which isn't my home state BTW) back in 05 got arrested and convicted after signing his boss up for spam.
Should I be worried? I responded back to the person from my throw away email address and said I didn't know what they were talking about and to leave me alone. I said that they have already sent me two emails that I didn't want and perhaps I should report them.
I didn't use a proxy or anything when signing them up and I guess if they really wanted to track me down they could contact the owners of Craigslist and find out who I am from my original posting of the furiniture ad (which I have now removed out of fear).
I was just trying to piss them off like they pissed me off. I'm worried they're gonna come lock me up or something. Any advice or comforting words are appreciated.
Thanks.
We are "offering" you protective detention for the next two weeks from here, Matt Foley, to cut down on your chances to hurt yourself (and others) with your own low-life stupidity.
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So I get a reply to my ad in my inbox today and it's someone that said "watch your language" and nothing else. I've been having a bad day as it is and this kind of pissed me off. I don't know if they were just kidding or trying to be anal about my choice of words, but I decided on some revenge for the needless comment.
They were using an AOL email and it appeared that it was probably their real email address. Trolling Craigslist with your real email is probably stupid but I may have done something dumber.
To get my revenge, I went to Google and typed in "free porn newsletter" and got a few sites to sign up for. All three I signed up for said they were sending verification emails so I figured they might not get a ton of spam, but at least they'd get a couple offensive verification type emails. I was able to dig up two of the three I signed them up to and the response emails didn't say anything like "someone signed up for free porn from IP addres XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX". But I don't know about the third.
I didn't stop there though. I went into a couple newsgroups and posted the person's email address figuring that a Usenet address harvester would get ahold of it and then they'd really get some spam.
Well a few hours later I get another email from the person that said to watch my language that said "You are reported for harassment. You signed me up to a porn site. Remove my email or you will be reported for harassment."
I laughed at first but then I kind of got worried an looked it up. It appears that someone in Maryland (which isn't my home state BTW) back in 05 got arrested and convicted after signing his boss up for spam.
Should I be worried? I responded back to the person from my throw away email address and said I didn't know what they were talking about and to leave me alone. I said that they have already sent me two emails that I didn't want and perhaps I should report them.
I didn't use a proxy or anything when signing them up and I guess if they really wanted to track me down they could contact the owners of Craigslist and find out who I am from my original posting of the furiniture ad (which I have now removed out of fear).
I was just trying to piss them off like they pissed me off. I'm worried they're gonna come lock me up or something. Any advice or comforting words are appreciated.
Thanks.
We are "offering" you protective detention for the next two weeks from here, Matt Foley, to cut down on your chances to hurt yourself (and others) with your own low-life stupidity.
Matt Foley Bot
Senior AT "Matt Foley" Moderator
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