Please advise me: I've just received an abusive and racist email from another Yahoo Answers user?

I'm sorry to hear this. Unfortunately there are a lot of people here who think it is funny to behave like complete and utter morons. They think they are big and brave when in fact they're silly little trolls hiding behind the anonymity of the internet. There are plenty of people here who are decent though, so please don't be put off.

Forward any insulting emails to answers-abuse@ cc.yahoo-inc.com. I would also advise forwarding them to the UK Messenger Team as I've found that they are far more efficient at getting things done. Oh, for pity's sake. Yahoo won't let me write out the full e-mail address without editing it out, so just ignore the spaces in the address: uk-messenger-abuse @ yahoo-inc.com

Here are the guidelines on how to report these emails, this comes from the Yahoo! Help pages.

"At this time, we will need you to forward a copy of the message, as opposed to sending it as an attachment, because we are currently unable to accept attachments. Please include the following in your report of

email abuse to assist us in a prompt and full evaluation:

1. Original subject line -- Please forward the email with a subject identical to the original subject.

2. Complete headers -- Email programs often display abbreviated headers. To learn how to display the full headers in a Yahoo! Mail account, please visit the Yahoo! Mail Help Desk at:

http://help.yahoo.com/help/uk/mail/config/config-1...

3. Complete message body -- Please include the complete, unedited content of the email message in question. Please do not change or edit the message in any way.

If reports of email abuse are missing any one of these three items, it may take longer for the Yahoo! Mail Abuse Team to properly investigate and take appropriate action. We appreciate your efforts in reporting this abuse to Yahoo!."

I hope this helps... I know it's hard, but try not to get too upset bby fools who are out to cause trouble. x

Yeah, this guy Jake made several racist and insulting remarks to a question the other day; he's clearly got real problems. You should definitely report this to the organisers; people have every right to use this site without then receiving offensive emails, especially if there's racist content!

Only someone with very low intelligence would behave like this; judging by other remarks of his that I've seen, he's clearly a total moron.

Hi love , as you know you can report abuse. However racism and religious bigotry feed off the hurt they create. Refuse to be hurt and they FAIL. YOU are just as entitled to be on this planet as any one of us, until we can all accept that there will never be peace. Refuse to be hurt, it's the first step to bringing true peace. The people who should matter to you are those who love you, you'll find they outnumber the bigots. Have a star and a hug and ignore the idiots.

What a prat, sorry you had to go through that - thats just unacceptable. I'm not perticularly sure, but I'm sure some other nice yahoo users will advise you on how to report him to YA so that he is banned. Sorry, again.

Take Care

Best Wishes

Forward it to yahoo as suggested !

Please don't let that little baby and his like upset you! They aren't worth the ground YOU walk on, luv.

As you go through life you'll meet a lot of 'Jakes' who haven't the maturity to disagree without being offensive or like to Bully people and the best way to deal with them is to develop what I call 'Hole through the head syndrome' Let it go in one ear and straight out the other. It frustrates them when people don't react! Just remember that for every 'Jake' you'll meet there are 10 'Johns' and that John is a really NICE GUY!

You didn't say where you were, but in many countries such an attack is considered a hate crime.

Sounds to me from the tone (esp. the use of the word "retarded") that "Jake" is a minor. Further, he has sh*tty, racist parents. I hope he is reading this and responds before he grows up to turn his on-line angst into physical violence. Don't ignore him - report him. Stop this disaster waiting to happen.

Unfortunately, receiving abusive emails is the price you pay for giving honest opinions on YA. There will always be cowards like Jake who will hide behind their anonymity in order to strike out at people with whom they disagree. The best thing you can do is simply ignore him. That will drive him crazier than anything else you can do, because he is starving for your attention.

Jake appears to be educationally challenged

probably gets off on harassment

Jake is also a coward technology is a handy tool for him

in other words a nob ....if you let it get to you the nob wins

ignore Jake he will go away looking for someone else to

intimidate......if this nob comes to mind visualise cocoa the clown at a computer

What a b*****d. Sorry - all bigotry & anti - isms make my blood boil.

What was this person's address - try reporting him directly to Yahoo - weird there doesn't appear to be a specific external place for this sort of problem on Answers.

Maybe most of us just behave ourselves.

The thing to do is do not take this personally and report this to Yahoo..... he doesnt know your email so when he is cancelled and hopefully disbarred from using yahoo again then he cannot contact you...

There are some real idiots on this site...