Isparana-Newbie with problem

[Isparana]

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?

[Isparana]

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.

[Lyda]

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.

^^^^^^

Um, yeah. That too.

<wink>

[Lyda]

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.

[Lyda]

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...

[Isparana]

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.

[Isparana]

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.

[Isparana]

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

[Lyda]

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

Originally Posted by Isparana

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

[Isparana]

I re sent it to the g-mail

Received. Reply sent via email.

[bluemoon999]

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

[Isparana]

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

[bluemoon999]

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.