I want to tell all of you about my experience with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. I could not believe how helpful they were. If you yourself feel harassed or stalked, you may wish to do the same thing.
I called the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation North Miami Office in late December when real life informaiton on my mother was posted in InV Daily along with threats (ring ring in front of her name). These were comments left as "anonymous" in the posts attacking my Chistmas party.
You cannot file a complaint against a threat against an avatar, or as an avatar. You can as a real life human being.
The threatening "comments" from the real person behind Jason Feingold were increasing at this time. I spoke to them about this too, along with the fact that I had the IP address for every comment that came in.
A real life agent picked the phone up immediately after I was transferred and could not have been more helpful.
I gave the agent all information I could about who I thought was involved behind this, how threatened I felt, and asked what to do next.
The agent said that since this matter crossed state lines, it was a matter for the U.S. FBI
They told me to make sure to open a case with my local law enforcement authorities (I did this in October) and contact my state attorney general. Lucky for me, Florida has some of the toughest internet cybercrime laws in the United States. We have specific cyberstalking laws in place here. You must include all this information on the form for the FBI. I then got verification that my information was filed.
After taking down my information they directed me here. If you dig deeper into the comments (it says fraud) there is a section for internet harassment.
I must warn you, this is kept in a national database and is not the subject of games. If you make a complaint, your real information is gathered. Do not joke around here. You yourself actually then create a record about you listing all your complaints.
On this note, I will be going silent on this blog for a few days, but will be inworld enjoying Second Life. As I have said, this is one avatar who is not going to be intimidated by InV and will stay in this game.
The FBI then emailed me a verification form. I am able to update it with information.
Linden labs has been notified of this filing.
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