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Isparana-Newbie with problem
 

I have received a letter from Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP stating that I have sold infringement jerseys on e-bay and they want $950 by 8/14/09.

All my jerseys were made in Korea, the tags read REEBOK, stated authentic, the pictures were my own, and I used my own discriptions. In no way did I deceive anybody by showing one thing and sending another. I have 100% feedback and now I'm scared.

Was it sent certified and registered requiring your signature for delivery? Does it say your full legal name?

I have not received the letter yet. Just an e-mail.

email is not a legal method of serving process.

You may freely ignore them as they have no recourse. You could even prosecute them for threats and for fraud, if you really wanted to invest the time and effort.

What THEY are doing is illegal.

Could be fraudelent email from some Ebay member who found out your email address. The real law firm would never email you first asking for money or damages.
I'd say its a fraudelent email and best to ignore it.

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Um, yeah. That too.

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;) back too, Vic. Wonder if she can tell by email hosting... Probably something like: GAF,LLP @ hotmail.com.........

The mail header would reveal a lot, but sometimes it gets stripped before the user gets the change to examine it.

Really? Mine get changed, sometimes just telling you the name of the person sending email..but, if you click on this-name link in the body of your email and than right click and look under "Properties", it will reveal exactly the email account name it came from...

Do you want me to post what they sent me?

If you want to post it, that's cool. Just make sure you mask out any personal info that reveals your identity. Review it carefully before you put it up here.

I tried to copy it but all of it turns blue, not just each line. If you e-mail me, I will forward it to you to check out. It has no personal information.

My email is listed in my profile. Just click my name, view profile, choose the contact tab, and there I am.

Done. I'm making dinner now so I'll be checking back...

Don't worry and just enjoy your dinner..:)

If you sent anything direct to me, it has not arrived.

Just in case, the email I use for general forum stuff is totala.project@gmail.com

I re sent it to the g-mail

Received. Reply sent via email.

Try digging out the IP address of that email message, then research that IP online, if that IP location belongs to one of the following cities, then that email is real. Otherwise, ignore it and have a nice sleep.

Office Locations

New York
665 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10022

San Francisco
505 Sansome Street, Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94111


Associated Offices

Gros & Waltenspuhl - Geneva
9, Rue Beauregard
Geneva, Switzerland

Gros & Waltenspuhl - Zurich
Stockerstrasse 12
Zurich, Switzerland

Magrath LLP.
66/67 Newman Street
London W1T 3EQ, United Kingdom

Where do I find the IP address info that I need. Bet you knew that was coming....

Just google it online. A lot of websites give you detail step by step instruction. it's a very common little technique you should learn.

It will be buried in the mail header. If you use gmail, click the little arrow in the corner next to 'reply' and choose 'show original'.

For other mail servers, the process varies.

Just google it online. There are lots of sites that tell people how to see it. It's a very common technique people should learn and use it when it's necessary.

I'm on it...and thanks to all of you. I will print this out when this is all said and done and keep the knowledge for future posters....

I can also recommend that you read this site Tabberone. Great fabrics and collectibles. She is a member of the forum. Her knowledge of these matters is really deep. I suggest you contact her off the forum: that way your privacy is kept. She has often helped users from here with her knowledge. :peace:

IF I found the IP address correctly, its from Oregon. On another IP search it came up Colorado which is the next state over.

She's the one I started with and she pointed me to this site. Bought the book, and very thankful for her and the rest of you....

I was scared, but now I'm angered and lookin' to smash. I found this....

WORLD Law Direct Forums » Intellectual Property & Internet Law » Copyright, Trademark, Patent » Cease and desist letter from adidas America, Inc

There were 13 pages of people in the same boat. It's a scare tactic by the same guy that sent me the letter. A John Malcusly (sp). Nothing came of any of the letters sent out. It is interesting reading. Once I get back on e-bay, I'm playing the game and playing hard.

Good for you Isparana. Just remember that most such emails requesting your money directly or indirectly are most likely scams, and just proceed with caution.