From: security curmudgeon (jericho@attrition.org)
To: Jane Doe (dakotathedog1961@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 17:26:58 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Cracking Yahoo Emails

: Hello:

Hi there Jane "Patty" Doe..

:  My boyfriend recently broke up with me for my best friend.  We are
: currently undergoing legal actions (we were together for 10 years).  I
: have been trying to obtain evidence that the relationship has been going
: on longer than what is being presented to me.

I'm sorry to hear that.

:  I have been searching the net trying to obtain a password cracker for
: Yahoo email, but to no evail.  I was wondering if you could help me.
:  I appreciate your time and consideration in helping me with this
: matter.

Before you pursue this course of action, you really should consider a few
things. First, you are soliciting a stranger to help you engage in felony
computer crime. If this came out in court for some reason, it would
undermine your case against your ex-boyfriend. Second, even if you did
break into the account and get such evidence, it would not be permitted
into evidence in court since it was obtained illegally. In fact, just
trying to submit it as evidence would likely make the judge question your
ethics and hurt your case substantially.

That said, perhaps you'd like to reconsider? And now that you are single,
how about sending me a picture of yourself. How old are you? Where do you
live? You dig hot scrawny girls? You into threesomes?

Jericho