I was a member of a online community, I always used fake names, locations, everything to disclose my personal info. When someone asked for my address or phone number i never gave it out. Anyway someone recently from that board traced my IP back to me..this person called me and said that its legal and that there are programs you can download to do this. This person proceeded to tell me she had my address and that if i was this fake person to tell her. Well anyway I am so freaked out! What can i do about it? I called my ISP and they told me to fill out a abuse form which i did, but is there anymore i can do? I have this person's name and phone number on my caller ID, the area code is a texas one. PLEASE HELP ME
2007-08-06 05:02:14 · 5 answers · asked by puppiesnmarshmellows 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No i quit the board. I thought i was doing the safe thing by not giving out my real name, location, phone and address, but obviously that wasn't the safest thing to do either!. Thank you all for you help. I did give the person's name and number that was on my caller ID.
2007-08-06 05:12:33 · update #1
Scary, if it is true. I would call the police. This borders on stalking.
2007-08-06 05:05:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know first of all it was illegal for them to trace your ISP and then proceed to solicit "safety software" to keep it from happening again. This is a form of harrassment and the number and address should also be given to the ISP personnel (which i'm sure youve done) not sure but unless they start harassing you, you have done all that you can do. It was freaky no doubt about that. Did you also report then to room/group administrator to get them blocked or kicked off?
2007-08-06 05:07:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would call the local police and explain it to them. If this is some type of predator, they will take care of it.
I do not know of a program that does that, but I am a computer novice.
2007-08-06 05:06:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tracking u down isnt illegal but if anything else happens u can fill out another claim or a report harrasemt on her!
2007-08-06 05:06:54 · answer #4 · answered by jay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not illegal to track someone down.
If the person will not leave you alone after you tell them to leave you alone -- that's stalking and/or harassment.
2007-08-06 05:04:59 · answer #5 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋