I've heard back from one of my UK based contacts. Here's what I have for you, so far:
I've requested that he sends the letter, giving MY email address as an initial contact. Why MY email? Because I'm site "staff," and I will be able to add legitimacy to your claim. I could have used a Mod or Admin's email address, but I didn't want to drag one of them into it (and WHO KNOWS when they'd have gotten around to seeing it LOL). Once/if I hear from her, I'll be passing contact off to you, Norseman.Eric's Contact wrote:Well I have established that there is a Lynda P Bartle at the address you gave, and according to directory enquiries, her phone number is unlisted. The option open at the moment, I could send a letter (snail mail) addressed to Mrs Bartle (so as not to be intersepted by Joseph) informing her of his activities and the serious nature of the situation. I have called the top 3 UK directory services and they all confirmed the name and address, but cannot devuldge the phone number.
If you like, I can contact a solicitor (lawyer) friend I have here and get some advice as to what course of action can be taken? If that sounds good to you let me know...
I've also asked him to see what info he can get from his lawyer friend on how the UK legal system would handle this interesting case.
The guy I quoted above is a BTown member in the UK. He's established here, and I've done deals with him myself. I trust him, and I trust his judgment. Hopefully, his efforts will pan out. I'm not naming him because (a) I don't want to drag him into the middle of it and have his PM box get swamped just for doing a good deed or three, (b) I asked him to do this as a favor and never said I would pubicly name him (and he never said I could) and (c) - most importantly - It seems really cool and James Bond-ish that I have a "secret contact" or "agent in the field" who reports to only me, in secret, under the dark night of a new moon.
Okay... I made that last part -about the moon- up. We communicate via PM, and I don't know what the sky's like over there.
I maintain that it makes me cooler, though, to have secret contacts that I do not divulge.
Eric Wessels, Internet Gangster
Oh, yeah, baby! I like the sound of that.