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First off I want to apologize for what happened last night!!!
I had some people over last night and one of them decided to post on here. Either to stir up trouble or as a joke. I had no idea until this morning when I tried to get on. I then created another username so I could find out why I was banned. I talked to Blackcat and I figured out what happened.
Again I am so sorry and I really hope no one is mad at me!
I had a TERRIBLE situation happen to me several years ago on another forum.
HOW this happened, I still haven't figured out. WHY it happened, I do know now.
I had a friend, we were friends since 2004. Our friendship started waning over the years because of some seriously whacky things she did. She knew A LOT of very personal information about me, my kids, my family, etc and I never thought much of it.
One day, we had a huge and I do mean HUGE falling out after she moved away. I broke our friendship off and told her to never contact me again. After this, things started to get really weird and then really bad.
I was still running my child care. SOMEHOW this woman hacked into my computer and somehow she got into my FB account, 2 of my email (Yahoo and AOL), and 2 of my forum pages from boards I was a member of. She also knew the name of my daycare (but did NOT know I had changed my dc name yet).
She posted horribly stupid things on my forum account, offensive things on my FB account, sent people SPAM email to piss them off and then posted terrible untruths about my daycare all over the internet.
I had to SUE her but it took a LONG time to realize who it was that was doing it to me. It wasn't like I just knew the day she started. This all happened over a period of time.
I was banned from my forums because the IP's matched. Somehow she accessed my computer REMOTELY and was able to use my IP service. I have NO idea how she could have known to do this but I should have guessed that she might have some knowledge about these things as she was a graphic designer for a big company in VA.
She ruined my reputation, she ruined friendships, she cost me business, she cost me support, caused me to be used by people and then made fun of behind my back, and so much more! I finally figured out who it was and threatened her with a cease and desist letter to which I got a nasty email stating I got EXACTLY what I deserved.
The thing is, prior to my cutting her off, I did EVERYTHING for her, to the point that I was hurting myself and my own family. I wanted to save her from her problems because I felt it was my job somehow. And I almost ruined my whole life. I came back from it, of course, but I could never show my face again on the sites I really could have used for support. I could not even explain this to anyone because it was so unbelievable, even to me!
I hate what she did to me and don't know if the scars from trusting her and being so screwed will ever go away. I know I am less respected in many ways because of her. Though I did nothing wrong, but not use my common sense and good judgment.
I will prevail over it, because I know what is true and what is not. I tried many times to "prove" I was telling the truth because I was so depressed and scared that I'd lose friends, when really I didn't have to prove ANYTHING! I just wasn't as wise.
My story is only being stated to say this: If you are being truthful, you don't need to apologize, explain or defend yourself! I learned my lesson years ago and I hope you ARE being truthful, OP but if not, I hope you can catch a lesson in everything you have heard so far.
Good luck.- Flag
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