Matt Parker

Ian, from www.zenatode.org.uk, became interested in this situation after witnessing tons of usenet spam attacks against me and my family.

Here’s a excerpt from his site: http://www.zenatode.org.uk/ian/misc/mattparker.xhtml

2004-12-02

If I knew how stressful this would be I might not have put this page up, but my curiosity is now satisfied and I have learned some valuable lessons! The Usenet spam attacking Matt Parker is all part of an elaborate fiction cooked up by someone called Erik van Lint and I have found no reason to doubt the essential truth of Matt’s statement on the matter, which can be found at www.mattparker.org and mirrored locally. By the way, Matt did not reveal his attacker’s name to me - I found it myself in this bizarre thead where the person posting as “jeff” is the one who figured out what was going on. …. Continue …..

That “bizarre thread” is back online, by the way. It did disappear for awhile, I don’t know why. It might have been because of threats by the stalker - he tried that some time ago, posing as an attorney - but I doubt that’s why it was down temporarily. The people at that forum do not seem like the type to fall for such a ridiculous ruse, or bend to pressure from a stalker. If it goes down again, I can always post it locally. For now, I’m refraining from doing that, or from posting any of the other loads of evidence I have, letting the authorities do their work and waiting for justice, however slowly it may come. It will come.

Ian, for the record, I have absolutely no connection to Stephen DeVoy or his problem. I didn’t even look at that part of your web site until after I read your latest post on this subject some time ago. Not because I’m not interested; I just don’t have time. Any similarities between us (Stephen DeVoy and I) are purely coincidental. I feel I need to make that clear, otherwise the stalker who’s after me is likely to turn on him as well. Enough innocent people being hurt already.

Thanks for your article on this subject, especially for clarifying your belief in my truthfulness. I also appreciate your candor.

Matt Parker