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Is this legal and if not, what can I do?

julia0402julia0402
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My ex logged into my email accounts and Facebook account, read everything I had there, changed my passwords, and potentially sent messages posing as me.  That's got to be breaking some law, right?  Anyone have this happen and what did you do?

You would think that being officially divorced and separated for long enough would stop this crap from happening... sigh.

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Re: Is this legal and if not, what can I do?

  • JCGreene85JCGreene85 member
    How did he know your passwords? I am sure it could be a privacy violation but do you have any proof it was actually him? That is pretty immature in my opinion, if it was him, tell him to grow up!  : ) 
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  • r9stedtr9stedt
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    How terrible.    Have you been able to fix the problem?


    My guess is this falls in that gray area, where the laws have not caught up with technology.
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  • julia0402julia0402

    I don't know how he got in, I don't think he could have known the passwords although two of them were the same... I know it was him because we had been arguing and gmail can tell you the IP addresses of the most recent activity on the account.

    I did change the passwords to something new but I don't know what else I can do.  This is so frustrating.  He hasn't seen his daughter in almost a month and I am trying to graduate next month, I have enough on my plate without dealing with BS like this.

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  • lnelson20lnelson20

    ::Lurker::

     State laws vary on this, and I have no idea re Connecticut, but this similar story has been in the news lately out of Michigan: https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/27/national/main7189082.shtml 

    You might want to check if Connecticut has a similar law...

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  • QS82QS82

    J, this can be considered identity theft! I'd contact the police dept to see what they suggest doing.

    What a d!ck! So glad you divorced his asss!

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  • Temp552270562505132Temp552270562505132

    go into your account settings and click on  "account security" and there should be the IP address of where he logged in from.  see it?  Good.  now call the local sheriff dept and ask to speak to an internet investigator.  make sure you've saved copies of what he sent or contact the people who he sent them to and have them email you copies.  

     

    this is TOTALLY horribly illegal and now since the internet is regulated by a federal comission it's in a whole new level of crimes.  it is very easy to press charges for this.  it's harassment, stalking, and now, a cybercrime.   

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  • Temp552270562505132Temp552270562505132
    also your gmail should have a record of the IP address he logged in from.  and also, all webmail servers keep logs of this stuff, the records will need to be subpoena'd by the sheriff dept via court order from judge.  you wont have to pay for a lawyer because the DA will be representing you and they have all sorts of cool stuff to get the info on this.  :) my ex did this too.  and hes in big bigggggg trouble because of it.
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