SILVER_FOX said:
Not exactly learning from his experience then?
SF
Perhaps I should gently suggest he calls himself 'Always a BRN'? :lol:
Below is a version of my original long letter which you can use for this particular event,
though I would suggest you modify it & put it in your own words! That way it will have more impact. Just like when doing letter writing campaigns to MPs... those which are exact reproductions of standard letters get treated with the distain they warrent!
Steve.
REVISED VERSION of letter to YAHOO:
I am writing to complain about the person calling himself Sam Dicosta whose name has appeared on several websites and has now appeared on yours too.
My concern is that this person is posing as an Officer in the Royal Navy when no Officer of that name exists within the Service. The Navy List lists all serving and retired Officers in the Royal Navy and Reserves. His name does not appear in the current edition (2006), which lists all living naval officers holding Commissioned Rank. You can check for yourself by visiting the British Ministry of Defence website here:
http://www.rncom.mod.uk/uploadedFiles/RN/Reference_Library/navy_list_2006.pdf
Unfortunately if it your policy that you require a complaint from an actual person who has had their identity stolen, then clearly this will not be possible as there no individual within the Royal Navy who can complain about identity theft. However my concerns about his misappropriation of a naval identity are two-fold.
To begin with there is the issue of the reputation of the Royal Navy and in particular her Officer Corps being tarnished by this person purporting to be a member of the Service. It is clear that both his command of the English language and his conduct are of a standard that would not be acceptable. By purporting to be an Officer in the Royal Navy he may bring the name of the Service into disrepute.
My second, and graver concern is twofold. It is that he appears to have been using this false identity to entice different women into entering online relationships with him. His claims came to light
following an informal enquiry to a website predominately used by Veterans from the Royal Navy, from a very concerned girlfriend who was falsely led to believe that he was on a secret mission in Iran which led to security concerns that misguided people, with an equally poor command of the English language, who might read his assertions and be foolish enough to believe that such operations are occurring. Although he does not currently appear to have repeated these assertions it is a matter of concern that he make false and malicious claims in the future that may harm other people.
His actual location has been traced to New Dehli.
His ISP provider is: Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd - India
His IP is: 210.211.169.218
I trust you will take appropriate action to stop this person causing any further harm.
