Stalker (using proxies) following me around at an Internet forum

Hi everybody,
I have a question regarding a stalker who has been following me around at an online forum. That person is literally observing my forum activity and follows me around every where I go with 30+ accounts - no joke -. I can tell it's him due to the fact that he gives out all those poorly disguised hints when replying to my post but he also starts tons of threads under various nicknames all over these boards, for me to see. So it's kind of difficult to ignore him, I tried that for a while but then he just posts under a newly created nick.

You see there is no way to not read his post and I've to add that this person is not sane and can't work because of this. I regret making acquaintance with him but I couldn't have known this before.
The extrems to which this person goes is quite uncanny, it's a classic stalker craze scenario. That person fell in love with me and is now mad over the fact that I don't share the same feelings for him. That person is FURIOUS, I'm talking about "Fatal Attraction" sort of craziness.

However, he won't get banned because he doesn't post anything offensive, just those litte annoying and harrassing personal hints that he constantly posts after me.

Changing my nick is not an option because as I mentioned before he kind of dedicated his life to me and observes those forums and sooner or later he'll track me down me down, just from noticing my mannerisms in word and speech. I know this sounds beyond crazy but I kid you not that person is always online day and night and probably just sleeps 3 or 4 hours at most...this is going on for almost two weeks now.

The main problem is that he is using proxies for all those accounts, I know this for certain because I messaged some of the moderators of that forum and they reassured me that some of the accounts I mentioned to them are using proxies and they promised that they will keep an eye on one or two of them but they can't promise anything.

What to do about this? I don't really want to leave the forums because of this bullshit, isn't there a way to trace forum members who are use proxies?

Any input on this would be greatly appreciated.

Do you have a gun? I'd say go over to his house and cap him.
It's better to be tried by twelve than buried by six.
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In short.... no. and what good would tracing his ip through a proxy do you anyway? Honestly not much at all.getting the log files with the help of law inforcement would be difficult at best if not impossable, without the help of law enforcement, damn near impossible. Firstly, do a full system scan with an updated antivirus. If he has planted any type of trojan, hopefully it will be found. Second, If your not going to change your nick in what ever forum this is occuring on, mabey you should consider dropping out of that forum for a while. Chances are this person will get bored and go away. Lastly, add them to your ignore list if the forum has that feature, most do. Mainly because any communication from you to them or about them is only going to encourage their activity. Trust me on that one.

<evil grin>You could always set up a second username and return the favor, drive them crazy by stalking them </evil grin> <<<--- Im joking of course.

Get a life and just leave the forum. FInd another forum to go to. For every forum you go to I'm sure you can find 10 more with the same content and the same type of people on it. If someone is aggravating you that much on an internet forum and you are letting them, then you're just as screwed up as this guy.

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Originally posted here by muert0
Get a life and just leave the forum. FInd another forum to go to. For every forum you go to I'm sure you can find 10 more with the same content and the same type of people on it. If someone is aggravating you that much on an internet forum and you are letting them, then you're just as screwed up as this guy.

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why dont you leave muert0 :D
(i mean that jokingly)
maybe she doesnt want to leave because of the friends she has at the forum
i have left AO many times but keep comming back because of the people here that i know
if you have been on a forum for awhile you build seniority *AO senior members cough*
so it might not be that easy to just pick up and go


BUT yes if he continues tracking you i would reccomend leaving aswell. though it may be hard.

and this would be a good time to make sure your firewall is updated and online, along with antivirus. it can be hard to tell how smart someone is with computers and the risk is always there for further digital stalking

It's difficult to trace a user via proxies. Even law enforcement has limited capabilities, especially with anonymous proxies overseas.

Might not be a bad idea to give the forum a rest for awhile.

Set up a new ID and lurk. Leave a message from the old ID that this is what you are doing and you are ignoring him... It'll drive him nucking futs to know that you are there, ignoring him and he can't ID you. If he tries guessing do not respond even if he gets it right... Do not respond to anything he sends to the old ID.

It's called a mind game... and you get to stay at your forum... :D

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Originally posted here by spamdies
In short.... no. and what good would tracing his ip through a proxy do you anyway?

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Originally posted here by brokencrow
It's difficult to trace a user via proxies. Even law enforcement has limited capabilities, especially with anonymous proxies overseas.

Might not be a bad idea to give the forum a rest for awhile.

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thanks for the reply,
by tracing I meant that figuring out that he is using a proxy would be enough to get him banned from that forum.

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Originally posted here by spamdies Firstly, do a full system scan with an updated antivirus. If he has planted any type of trojan, hopefully it will be found. "

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any virus scanner that you can recommend?

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Originally posted here by spamdies Second, If your not going to change your nick in what ever forum this is occuring on, mabey you should consider dropping out of that forum for a while. Chances are this person will get bored and go away. Lastly, add them to your ignore list if the forum has that feature, most do. Mainly because any communication from you to them or about them is only going to encourage their activity. Trust me on that one.

<evil grin>You could always set up a second username and return the favor, drive them crazy by stalking them </evil grin> <<<--- Im joking of course.

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haha, unfortunately I have a life and I'm not insane enough to sit in front of my computer all day long but isn't there another possibility to **** with that person? I did put those nicks on my ignore list but as I said the extrems to which this person goes is totally cockoo, he always comes up with new ones and takes over the first two pages of a sub forum with various screen names. the moderators are clueless about this, or so it seems. It would be annoying to leave that forum altogether because of this.

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Originally posted here by hexadecimal [B]why dont you leave muert0 :D
(i mean that jokingly)
maybe she doesnt want to leave because of the friends she has at the forum
i have left AO many times but keep comming back because of the people here that i know
if you have been on a forum for awhile you build seniority *AO senior members cough*
so it might not be that easy to just pick up and go

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indeed, I have been on that board for a long time now and have a lot of friends there.

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Originally posted here by hexadecimal and this would be a good time to make sure your firewall is updated and online, along with antivirus. it can be hard to tell how smart someone is with computers and the risk is always there for further digital stalking

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that person isn't smart at all but he most likely is obsessivly asking other people, pressing them for all kind of computer related stuff. but yeah, what kind of antivirus programs and firewall should I use?

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Originally posted here by Tiger Shark
Set up a new ID and lurk. Leave a message from the old ID that this is what you are doing and you are ignoring him... It'll drive him nucking futs to know that you are there, ignoring him and he can't ID you. If he tries guessing do not respond even if he gets it right... Do not respond to anything he sends to the old ID.

It's called a mind game... and you get to stay at your forum... :D

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haha, yeah that would piss him off...what else could I do to annoy him?

Don't even get me started... "Annoyance" is my middle name.... :eek:

Hi Pootie proxies can be traced, but you would need a lot of co-operation between law enforcement agencies and ISPs. This could be near impossible if there is a chain of proxies and some of them are overseas.

You have stated what your main problem is:

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However, he won't get banned because he doesn't post anything offensive, just those litte annoying and harrassing personal hints that he constantly posts after me.

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If he won't get banned for what he posts, then nobody else will be too interested in him either. :(

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by tracing I meant that figuring out that he is using a proxy would be enough to get him banned from that forum.

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That is one for your administrators.......................

First off, why dos anyone assume that Pootie is a she ??

None of its previous posts, nor profile indicate one way or another.

Second, why does this person Pootie always show up with some lame story about being stalked in some way or another?

If this person has been around for a year and a half, and read just 10% of what is here, then they would not be asking such a lame question.

Seems more like a Senior or banned member under another account to try and stir things up.

IMHO

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Originally posted here by IKnowNot
First off, why dos anyone assume that Pootie is a she ??

None of its previous posts, nor profile indicate one way or another.

Second, why does this person Pootie always show up with some lame story about being stalked in some way or another?

If this person has been around for a year and a half, and read just 10% of what is here, then they would not be asking such a lame question.

Seems more like a Senior or banned member under another account to try and stir things up.

IMHO

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geez, looks like you figured me all out.
you're right I didn't put any info about my gender on here, I'd like to remain anonymous, is that against the tos? why does it matter to you, anyway? why do you check my post archive and excactly how am "stiring things up"?

I don't see how this could be considered a "lame story", your life must be very boring if you don't find this beliveable. the person I'm talking about here is indeed the same one whom I suspected to follow me a while back before.

also, how am I supposed to keep a track of all the posts on here? do honestly want me to log in to AO at least twice a day in order to read most of the threads? i did use the search function and didn't find anything regarding my question...that should be enough.

Don't you think that, if I were really some sort of troll, I would have at least created an alias?

anywho, post your reply to this and let's just leave it at that. I'd like to have some more constructive input on this.

norton is a decent all around antivirus and firewall combo
avg by grisoft is free
bit defender is a good program
trend micro and friends

most antivirus and firewalls are still around because they work... and anything is better then nothing

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I'd like to remain anonymous, is that against the tos?

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Absolutely not.
My comment about this was not an attack on you, had nothing to do with you at all, but was to point out that people often make assumptions which they should not.

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... your life must be very boring if you don't find this beliveable.

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I guess you illustrate my point precisely!

As for the rest of your post, others can read and judge for themselves.

By everything you've said...you're being stalked by multiple accounts, the administrators are clueless or don't care, this person is suspected as the one who stalked you before, and....apparently these so-called friends you claim to have aren't helping you ( or you would have posted it there instead, wouldn't need to post here as there's nothing anyone here can/will do except offer advice, which you should be getting from your friends there...not here )...etc...

so...either you're full-of-it like IKnowNot suggested as a possibility and are just seeking attention...or...
it's bizzarely true, and you have no friends there...which is why you're posting your problem here...instead of enlisting their help where they can actually do something there...so...just leave

there is no reason to post a problem like that here...when your problem is there...get your friends there to help you...and if they won't or can't...then...

leave.

What makes you think anyone here can help you if these ' friends ' on that site can't or won't?

Sorry but IKnowNot is right...this is lame...it's lame because you're so-called friends there obviously aren't helping you if this is legit or you wouldn't post it here...and...it's lame because you think posting this here will solve your problem there ( or why post it? )...and it won't solve your problem there.

If it's not true and just a way to get sympathy or attention it's lame...if it is true and all these friends aren't helping you there which makes you think anyone here will it's even lamer.

Eg ;)

Cough*NFG*Cough*Splatter*Cough*Cough*.. ;)

I suggest reading this information.

http://www.hoptechno.com/paranoia.htm



How do we know the real stalker is not you, and you are looking for ways to "Trace" your target.


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Hmmm,

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That person is literally observing my forum activity and follows me around every where I go with 30+ accounts - no joke -

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Why, if they are not doing anything that will get them banned, what do they need 30 accounts for? As for observing your forum activity..................I have news for you, that is what forums are for. If you don't post, and just use the private messaging system, there will be nothing to observe. Just keep an eye on how many people put you on ignore, it might just tell you something, one way or another?

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I know this for certain because I messaged some of the moderators of that forum and they reassured me that some of the accounts I mentioned to them are using proxies and they promised that they will keep an eye on one or two of them but they can't promise anything.

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That is moderator speak for "h1$$ off and quit botherin us" ;) . We know if someone is using a proxy, so obviously these guys are not bothered about that. Generally you are not concerned unless someone is using a proxy to break the rules. Educational establishments and enterprises look like proxies, because that is how their networks function. Hey, AOL's entire network is based on proxies?

Perhaps you have annoyed 30+ people on the site and this is a collective effort? It wouldn't be the first time an "alliance" has been formed.

Your best solution is to leave and go elsewhere.

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Originally posted here by Egaladeist
By everything you've said...you're being stalked by multiple accounts, the administrators are clueless or don't care, this person is suspected as the one who stalked you before, and....apparently these so-called friends you claim to have aren't helping you ( or you would have posted it there instead, wouldn't need to post here as there's nothing anyone here can/will do except offer advice, which you should be getting from your friends there...not here )...etc...

so...either you're full-of-it like IKnowNot suggested as a possibility and are just seeking attention...or...
it's bizzarely true, and you have no friends there...which is why you're posting your problem here...instead of enlisting their help where they can actually do something there...so...just leave

there is no reason to post a problem like that here...when your problem is there...get your friends there to help you...and if they won't or can't...then...

leave.

What makes you think anyone here can help you if these ' friends ' on that site can't or won't?

Sorry but IKnowNot is right...this is lame...it's lame because you're so-called friends there obviously aren't helping you if this is legit or you wouldn't post it here...and...it's lame because you think posting this here will solve your problem there ( or why post it? )...and it won't solve your problem there.

If it's not true and just a way to get sympathy or attention it's lame...if it is true and all these friends aren't helping you there which makes you think anyone here will it's even lamer.

Eg ;)

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so I read your post...but I can't make any sense out of it.
did I get that right, you want me to post a thread on there about how I am being stalked for my stalker to see? because that's what going to happen. or do you want me to pm every single person that I know on that board? secondly, the forum I am talking about has absolutely nothing to do with Internet or Computer Security, so even if I did that I woldn't get much help. that's why I came here in the first place, where else should I post a question about this if not on a forum about Internet security like AO?
let me emphasize that I already messaged some moderators of that board but all of the mods except for the administrator, are computer illeterate.

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Originally posted here by Galdron
I suggest reading this information.

http://www.hoptechno.com/paranoia.htm



How do we know the real stalker is not you, and you are looking for ways to "Trace" your target.


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good one. :rolleyes: