stawns Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 So, a very good friend of mine was in a relationship with a guy about a year and a half ago. He fell in love with her, but the depth of the relationship was not returened on her part, though she did lead him to believe that she had had very strong feelings for him. She ended the relationship and thought everything was done with........the man moved back to the UK. Recently, he's begun a campaign of threats and intimidation against her, posting personal info about her on FB (he made a false acount and friended a large number of her friends), and is threatening even more. He is very skilled with computers and knows a lot about her, her life, and about the people in her life that she never told him, and is wanting her to suffer. She has talked to him recently, apologizing for the way the things ended and for leading him to believe her feelings were stronger than they actually were. He said he appreciated the apology and would cease the thretening activity. However, he has started up again, sending very threatening emails to her new BF about how something big is coming in 3-6 months and he'll see who is in charge etc etc.......she's at her wits end and is terrified that he is going to start posting intimate details of theeir relationship to friends and family, or worse, show up ather door one night. Does anyone know what recourse she has. She fears that because he is out of country, she has no legal avenue to pursue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NucksPatsFan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Make a fake account and start cyber stalking the cr*p out of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire_Spiky Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Pretty sure the RCMP deals with all Internet related crimes/issues in Canada so I would start there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLumme Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 So, a very good friend of mine was in a relationship with a guy about a year and a half ago. He fell in love with her, but the depth of the relationship was not returened on her part, though she did lead him to believe that she had had very strong feelings for him. She ended the relationship and thought everything was done with........the man moved back to the UK. Recently, he's begun a campaign of threats and intimidation against her, posting personal info about her on FB (he made a false acount and friended a large number of her friends), and is threatening even more. He is very skilled with computers and knows a lot about her, her life, and about the people in her life that she never told him, and is wanting her to suffer. She has talked to him recently, apologizing for the way the things ended and for leading him to believe her feelings were stronger than they actually were. He said he appreciated the apology and would cease the thretening activity. However, he has started up again, sending very threatening emails to her new BF about how something big is coming in 3-6 months and he'll see who is in charge etc etc.......she's at her wits end and is terrified that he is going to start posting intimate details of theeir relationship to friends and family, or worse, show up ather door one night. Does anyone know what recourse she has. She fears that because he is out of country, she has no legal avenue to pursue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Wtf? Tell her to go to her local police. Provide the information. They'll contact his local police. If not, she can contact his local police. Trust me, she can do something about this. Just because you're breaking a law in a different country, and the victim is in another country doesn't mean it's OK. If I threatened to kill you, and I lived in the states, the police wouldn't be like "oh, well, he's american... the hell are we supposed to do?" I remember seeing a thread about a girl in vancouver (i believe) who saved a guy from commiting suicide in the UK (I believe). Anyways, he posted his fairwell or something online, and she contacted the guys local police, and they got there before he managed to do it. Anyways, slap your friend in the face and tell her to call the cops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lateralus Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I would highly recommened making a report to the police, even if they are unable to pursue the matter overseas at least they have a record of this individual. If he did try to harm her she would be able to pursue it further with the police. Nothing may come of it and he goes away but I would still have her make a report. Also save any emails, chats, voice messages etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Just to add, the RCMP are also stationed in London, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police They're an international police force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck_trevor16 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 contract the police and contract facebook to shutdown his account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brahma Bull Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Speaking of cyber stalking, did anyone see the Global news story about peekedinterest.com? Creepy as all hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck_trevor16 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 facebook has some tools to stop the abuse http://www.facebook.com/help/tools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baercheese Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Speaking of cyber stalking, did anyone see the Global news story about peekedinterest.com? Creepy as all hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhinogator Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Give me this creeper's account and I'll make him pay ^^. too bad i can't i'll be labeled as a crimnal too. Just tell her to contact rcmp and see what they have to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocnhockey Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Contact the police Shut down FB account If it was me, I'd be moving to another location asap....there's just too many nutballs roaming free and getting too many ideas from some of these crime shows on TV, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrible.dee Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I'm really starting to hate the internet, and am considering shutting down all my profiles, These days you expected to store your entire life online where anyone can access it, I'm becoming less an less comfortable with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horny Manatee Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Sucks but revenge can be cruel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aixtek Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Reminds me of a story about a couple in highschool, the girl who broke up with her boyfriend and the next day sent him a picture of her in bed with another guy... he forwarded the picture to her dad. If she's actually been threatened by email in anyway shape or form, thats illegal and she needs to go to the police. She should also seriously think about the lack of privacy people have these days and learn a lesson from it (not trying to blame her, I'm sure there's plenty of that going around, but honestly it's similar to all the people during the riots who had their faces plastered everywhere... different circumstances sure, but the point is the same - protect yourself, and don't have 400+ friends on FB who can know everything about you). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokasmoka Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 This is why i don't, and never will, use facebook or any other social media. Just a recipe for crap like this. Seriously how many innocent teens lives are ruined over FB not to mention how many suicides you hear. Sad, but I am glad it wasn't around when i was in school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 This is why i don't, and never will, use facebook or any other social media. Just a recipe for crap like this. Seriously how many innocent teens lives are ruined over FB not to mention how many suicides you hear. Sad, but I am glad it wasn't around when i was in school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 So, a very good friend of mine was in a relationship with a guy about a year and a half ago. He fell in love with her, but the depth of the relationship was not returened on her part, though she did lead him to believe that she had had very strong feelings for him. She ended the relationship and thought everything was done with........the man moved back to the UK. Recently, he's begun a campaign of threats and intimidation against her, posting personal info about her on FB (he made a false acount and friended a large number of her friends), and is threatening even more. He is very skilled with computers and knows a lot about her, her life, and about the people in her life that she never told him, and is wanting her to suffer. She has talked to him recently, apologizing for the way the things ended and for leading him to believe her feelings were stronger than they actually were. He said he appreciated the apology and would cease the thretening activity. However, he has started up again, sending very threatening emails to her new BF about how something big is coming in 3-6 months and he'll see who is in charge etc etc.......she's at her wits end and is terrified that he is going to start posting intimate details of theeir relationship to friends and family, or worse, show up ather door one night. Does anyone know what recourse she has. She fears that because he is out of country, she has no legal avenue to pursue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 trying to rescue her from other guys isn't going to make her like you more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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