Yes, I'm not happy about the way names and email addresses are published, often without much proof or technical understanding of the scams. 98% are no doubt scams but what about the innocent 2% that get incriminated by doing this?casasantoestevo wrote:Kevin, You are obviously upset about something.kevsboredagain wrote:
For someone that brings up the subject of law or legalities on so many other subjects, I'm surprised that you are willing to be internet police, judge and jury on the basis that most of the suspects are probably guilty. Who cares if a few innocent people get are caught in this net, right?
You have taken the quote out of context all we asked for is the area, about scams, not to be hidden away from search engines ie not locked down. We are not the only ones asking for this section to be kept open.
Many years ago, my own email was used as a fake from address by spammers. It caused me huge problems and I could no longer use that email address. I had to close it down and create a new one, which was a major PITA. I had done nothing wrong but clearly my email address had been flagged as malicious somewhere on the internet by some vigilantes online who could not recognise a faked email.
I've even had emails from people I know or have done business with, with malicious links or attachments. Obviously they've become victim to a virus on their PC but I sure am not going to post their name and email address on here and label them scammers.
The text of the scam emails are the best way to search on Google. Report the email address to the ISP if you believe it to be a scammer. Innocent people will be affected if you try and police it yourself.
This relates to the USA but still likely relevant for many countries.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25007975/Fals ... s-Criminal