Subject: unwanted obscene mail

From: Mahesha Adikari <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 17:28:26 -0500 (EST)

Dear sir,

I have been recieving anonymous mail as a response to a ad-for women
seeking men. that supposed
to have advertised  in classifieds2000 with my email address. This was
done without my prior knowledge. Whoever advertised it had used my email 
address without my permission. [email-masked],
[email-masked], [email-masked] are few that have replied
me.There are about forty emails i get everyday. I would like to have
attention to my problem and hope you can do something about it.

Thanks,

mahesha.

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 14 Mar 1998 23:36:18 +0100

>>On Sat, 14 Mar 1998 17:28:26 -0500 (EST), Mahesha Adikari
>><[email-masked]> said: 

MA> I have been recieving anonymous mail as a response to a ad-for
MA> women seeking men. that supposed to have advertised in
MA> classifieds2000 with my email address. This was done without my
MA> prior knowledge. Whoever advertised it had used my email address
MA> without my permission. [email-masked],
MA> [email-masked], [email-masked] are few that have
MA> replied me.There are about forty emails i get everyday. I would
MA> like to have attention to my problem and hope you can do something
MA> about it.

You're in the US, sooo...

 By US Code Title 47, Sec. 227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer
 meets the definition of a telephone fax machine.  By Sec.
 227(b)(1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to
 such equipment.  By Sec. 227(b)(3)(C), a violation of the
 aforementioned section is punishable by action to recover actual
 monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for each violation.

 This violation will be reported to [email-masked].

Got it? You can legally charge each and everyone $500 for sending
UCE. In addition, you should ask your sysadmin to install a filtering
system that automagically kills those emails and fires up a junk
complaint like the one above.

Robin

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Robin S. Socha
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