Abuse and threatening messages.

[mdrat]

My girlfriend and myself have recently been recieving threats and abuse by a couple of users on Yahoo!'s chat service. We have also had e-mail stolen from there system.

Sending mail to the abuse address at Yahoo! results in a "We will look into this" mail.

We know their user names, we still have the messages and we know when they were on-line.

Does anyone know if it is possible, by legal means, to track and trace these individuals??

It is my understanding that Yahoo logs IP addresses of users, having this would allow you to determine their ISP. Coupled with the time logged in, the ISP should know what user it was with that address at that time. Providing it is not a free service, their personal details would be on file and they would be traceable.

Is there anyone else that can be contacted to look into these threats, as I have to take them seriously and not as some stupid internet thing??

I need advice as this is worrying us.

Thanks.

 

[ALawyer]

While it is possible to bring suit against "John Does" and get subpoenas etc and track them down. And it can be frightfully expensive for you, and if they are in a foreigh country, almost impossible to enforce. Change the passwords and hope the service acts.

 

[uktaters]

how would go about starting a lawsuit against these people?. I too have been receiving threatening and slanderous emails (that have been sent to everyone I know by this person). What would be the particular legal name for a suit of this kind?.