Threats

Myself and another local cacher recently had reason to make a complaint to Groundspeak, I won't go in to the reasons here, they have been well documented in the past.

Since then the majority of my caches have been either removed or destroyed, as have a few of those of the other complainant. In the last couple of days I decided to archive most of my caches rather than go to the expense of replacing them. No great loss to me as it frees up a lot of my time taken up in maintenance visits. I am not for one minute saying it is the person that we complained about, but maybe one of their supporters.

However, last night I received this email:~ Forgive their bad use of the English language.

"you and your little hacking buddy need to stop upsetting the community

else the community might take exception and do something about it

as you may know you're caches are missing the majority of them

stop being a dick and we'll stop treating you like one

where watching closely

anymore bullshit from you and they will all go constantly

no more games play nice and we will play nice"

The sender of the email wasn't brave enough to give me their name, or names.

I posted this email on to various other sites to guage reaction and was pleased to hear from a couple of police officers from different parts of the country who informed me that as this amounted to a direct threat I could take legal action.

I then received this annonymously, some posts from the local forum:~

[Today at 10:43:56 PM] Spire67: Someone has removed a lot of Jacaru's caches. I know he isn't popular on here, but it sucks when anyones caches are stolen. After all its cachers in general that are the losers.




[Today at 10:47:31 PM] JayJayBee8: Had noticed he'd archived a lot around colwick Woods, hadn't seen the missings



[Today at 10:48:28 PM] Lord Boogie: That is sad . His caches never did anybody an harm!



[Today at 10:48:59 PM] smudger105e: Reckon its a cacher who has a grudge, or just one of those things?



[Today at 10:49:15 PM] Lord Boogie: But as ye sow so shall ye reap!



[Today at 10:49:29 PM] mrspinkrat: Has just posted here: Re: Song Links.



[Today at 10:50:06 PM] Bobbinz: @Spire67 a pm for you, when I get home too.



[Today at 10:52:07 PM] skybluesbazza: @mrspinkrat whooooooooooooooooo?



[Today at 10:53:20 PM] santa_is_dead: I didn't know about Jacarus caches, but have you seen the drivel he's been writing on his blog?



[Today at 10:54:07 PM] Bobbinz: Yes.



[Today at 10:54:21 PM] mrspinkrat: Has just posted here: Re: Do you remember when....



[Today at 10:55:43 PM] santa_is_dead: bloke has a screw loose, I might report his off cache ramblings. He's even done it via an avatar on GAGB somebody tells me.



[Today at 10:57:24 PM] Bobbinz: Can I just remind you that the shoutbox is semi public before this convosation goes any further.



[Today at 10:58:14 PM] skybluesbazza: Has just posted here: Re: Do you remember when....



[Today at 10:59:02 PM] santa_is_dead: b



[Today at 10:59:53 PM] Bobbinz: b?



[Today at 11:02:55 PM] santa_is_dead: typo....am aware of that, just stating the facts. (apart from the screwloose), did you see him refer to emcache members as the guilty party?



[Today at 11:03:28 PM] santa_is_dead: "one or two mindless cachers from the East Midlands caching (community)"



[Today at 11:04:05 PM] santa_is_dead: should I switch to secure channel FB?



[Today at 11:07:25 PM] Spire67: I understand why he is not popular. But fanning the flames is only going to cause a bigger fire. Out of which none of us are going to be winners. I am not saying he is right or wrong. Nor am I saying you are right or wrong.



[Today at 11:08:10 PM] Spire67: I am just saying when you find a hornets nest you dont poke it with a stick. Let sleeping dogs lay and all that.



[Today at 11:09:21 PM] geoibsons: yeah i'm just pee'd off that one of my tbs has got caught up in that rubbish. oh well



[Today at 11:11:25 PM] OnlyMeUK: you and your little hacking buddy need to stop upsetting the community else the community might take exception and do something about it as you may know you're caches are missing the majority of them stop being a dick and we'll stop treating you like o



[Today at 11:11:51 PM] OnlyMeUK: Quote



[Today at 11:12:45 PM] Spire67: @OMUK who are you addressing?



[Today at 11:13:04 PM] OnlyMeUK: no-one just quoting an email received by Jacaru



[Today at 11:13:16 PM] Bobbinz: Quote from where?



[Today at 11:13:20 PM] OnlyMeUK: Published on the GeM forum



[Today at 11:14:22 PM] Spire67: Ahh the post by Jacaru on the GeM facebook forum



[Today at 11:14:40 PM] Spire67: Which is quoting an email he received.



[Today at 11:14:49 PM] OnlyMeUK: so he needs to keep an eye out for someone who can't differentiate between your & you're



[Today at 11:14:57 PM] Bobbinz: Jacaru could not hack a wall with a hammer, let alone a website



[Today at 11:15:33 PM] Spire67: Just the sort of action / reaction we need to avoid



[Today at 11:15:51 PM] OnlyMeUK: "For information I have just received this email:~ you and your little hacking buddy need to stop upsetting the community else the community might take exception and do something about it as you may know you're caches are missing the majority of them"



[Today at 11:16:11 PM] OnlyMeUK: .."stop being a dick and we'll stop treating you like one where watching closely anymore bullshit from you and they will all go constantly no more games play nice and we will play nice"



[Today at 11:16:57 PM] skybluesbazza: Have been determined since my first find that this would always be a fun activity.



[Today at 11:17:00 PM] Bobbinz: Blimey.



[Today at 11:17:00 PM] Spire67: Well 90% of the population don't seem to know the difference between your & you're



[Today at 11:17:21 PM] skybluesbazza: I think we have a great community but with any community not all will see eye to eye!



[Today at 11:17:29 PM] Sven: What's going on? What's the gem forum?



[Today at 11:17:46 PM] Spire67: @SBB 100% agree



[Today at 11:18:05 PM] Spire67: @Sven its on facebook



[Today at 11:18:19 PM] Spire67: http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/137568269677358/



[Today at 11:18:41 PM] Sven: oh he wont let me in there



[Today at 11:18:47 PM] OnlyMeUK: @spire speak for you're self! (oops)



[Today at 11:19:09 PM] Bobbinz: Same. I have given up trying



[Today at 11:19:31 PM] Sven: He's the hacker?



[Today at 11:19:41 PM] Sven: I don't understand what's going on?



[Today at 11:19:49 PM] OnlyMeUK: I wouldn't have thought so



[Today at 11:19:57 PM] Bobbinz: Definatley not the hacker



[Today at 11:20:08 PM] Spire67: Someone has removed the majority of Jacaru's caches



[Today at 11:20:30 PM] Spire67: And sent him an email which OMUK just quoted



[Today at 11:21:04 PM] Sven: Oh someone's threatening him



[Today at 11:21:15 PM] Sven: He probably sent it to himself, he loves the drama



[Today at 11:21:21 PM] Bobbinz: Not just removed, destroyed. I have no idea who eithet



[Today at 11:21:29 PM] Sven: He probably removed his own caches



[Today at 11:21:45 PM] Sven: Nothing would surprise me



[Today at 11:21:48 PM] OnlyMeUK: I was busy battering penguins when this latest sad episode came to light!



[Today at 11:22:09 PM] Bobbinz: LOL



[Today at 11:22:22 PM] Bobbinz: Bloody Pingu FTW



Worryingly, a few of these posts are by people who are hoping to represent the GAGB in the forthcoming committee elections.
I would urge anyone who has the opportunity to vote to think very carefully about who they are going to vote for.