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August 07, 2006
Are You Threatening Me?!
Posted by Frank J. at 09:14 AM | View blog reactions | Comments (19)

Look at this e-mail I got:

Hi,

We mailed you several times, but you didn't bother to reply.
Please note that there is a spam post in your following pages mentioning our site.

http://www.imao.us/archives/002322.html
http://www.imao.us/cgi-bin/deaconman.cgi?entry_id=2322

Please delete the entire comment, otherwise we will have to take legal steps against you.

Regards,
Webmaster, www.mortgagefit.com

So I search my e-mails and find one other from them:

Hi,

We, at mortgagefit.com, contacted you many times regarding our link to our website, but got no reply from your end.

Please note that we found a spam posting in your following page where our site's link has been given:

http://www.imao.us/archives/002322.html

Some 'Nick Jonson' did the posting, please check and delete it at the earliest. Sometimes we surprise how you are continuing with such spam posts for somany days!

Please delete the post, please don't provoke us to take any legal steps.

Awaiting for your earliest action.

Regards,
Webmaster, www.mortgagefit.com

Wha?! Legal action against what? Some guy was spamming my comments - apparently on their behalf - and they're going to sue me under... what statute? Sue me for having a link to them that I didn't even write? What the hell is this?

I mean, I could delete it, but I demand to be asked nicely. It's not like I like spam, but, as soon as it hits my website, it's my spam, and I can do with it as I please.

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19 Responses To "Are You Threatening Me?!"

[Frank J.: Long off topic rant that I can't even tell you what it was about because it was so freaking long. I decided to remove before some site of wacky rants threatens me with legal action.]

#1 - Posted by: Spiced Ham on August 7, 2006 09:49 AM

One could call the Chicken Dance "a series of legal steps."

#2 - Posted by: Steve on August 7, 2006 09:49 AM

Nigerian scammers get ever so creative.

#3 - Posted by: Hawk on August 7, 2006 09:53 AM

Spiced Ham, um that was like long.

#4 - Posted by: spacemonkey on August 7, 2006 09:54 AM

[Frank J.: Oy! Not again!]

#5 - Posted by: on August 7, 2006 09:55 AM

I think Hawk has this one pegged.
So how do we like, send them MORE spam? This could be fun...for great justice!

#6 - Posted by: Mr. Bubble on August 7, 2006 10:09 AM

I wonder if that company's getting sued for spamming. Now that would be ironic - a spammer threatening legal action against those they spammed to avoid legal actions against themselves.

#7 - Posted by: Francesco Poli on August 7, 2006 10:22 AM

mortgagefit.com? I have a mortgagefit every month on the 15th when the bank debits my account.

mmmmmmmmmmm..."Spiced Ham" and "spam"...hlollll. That's what IMAO needs...more pork and pork product related posts!

#8 - Posted by: Gunga on August 7, 2006 10:32 AM

HELLO GOOD FREIND,

PLEASE SEEND ME YUR BNAK ACOUNT INFORMARTION BEFUR I TAAKE LEGALL ACCTION AGINST JOOOOOOOO!

YOUR FRIEND,
ALLAH

#9 - Posted by: Hawk on August 7, 2006 10:50 AM

"Sometimes we surprise how you are continuing with such spam posts for somany days!"

If that is not a typo on Frank's part; then yes, I think we have some kind of fraud attempt. Read below then look at the sentence I quoted again:

"You pay for watch now!"
"Me love you long time!"
"You break, you buy!"
"Super challenge loan contest!"

Look familiar?


#10 - Posted by: on August 7, 2006 11:18 AM

Sorry, forgot to sign above post.

#11 - Posted by: Cary from Houston on August 7, 2006 11:18 AM

And here i was expecting a Beavis and Butthead type of post...about Cornholio! Damn...disappointment again!

#12 - Posted by: Robert on August 7, 2006 12:11 PM

Robert,
That's one of IMAO's core values: dissapointment

#13 - Posted by: Frank J. on August 7, 2006 12:14 PM

Frank - This looks like a typical "sleeper" scam. An individual randomly spams different blogs and then months or even years later threatens to sue in an attempt to extort money from the victim. Usually a good punch to the face gets them off of your back.

Or you could send Adnan Hajj over to photograph their company picnic. It's fun either way.

#14 - Posted by: Pork Shoulder on August 7, 2006 01:27 PM

Well Frank, you have mastered that core value. :)

#15 - Posted by: Robert on August 7, 2006 01:35 PM

Frank outta pay up. It's not right that he can get away with this.

#16 - Posted by: Hawk on August 7, 2006 02:14 PM

You mean get away with some random guy saying that they'll sue if Frank doesn't take some random osucre spam off the site? How would they even know about something like that? The only real way to deal with these guys is some good old-fashioned stabbity death.

#17 - Posted by: Masashi on August 7, 2006 03:17 PM

You can have my Spam when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

It goes very well with ham, eggs, spam amd spam, by the way.

#18 - Posted by: DrEvil on August 7, 2006 03:35 PM

Hi, Frank

I am Sam, the admin of MortgageFit. We are a mortgage community working towards the development of mortgage industry.

Few months ago, someone posted our link on your website (he may be our competitor). There is a link of my website in couple of pages. I will be highly obliged if you can do me a small favor by removing those links.

Thanks for your kind attention and time.

Regards

Sam Palmisan
Administrator
MortgageFit

#19 - Posted by: Sam Palmisan on August 14, 2006 02:54 AM
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