I have an email from nobody@pirate4x4.net that looks like a spoof email to me...

[Crusarius]

so I got this email from nobody@pirate4x4.net at 2:32 est I really don;t think its legit. looks like a spoof to me can anyone verify this?

Hey, Crusarius,

As you know, I rarely send emails to all of you. However this is of extreme importance!



U.S. Forest Service Land Use Restrictions Imminent


Did you know that our access to the entire United States Forest from coast to coast is in jeopardy?!?!?!
We are at DEFCON FIVE with the environmentalists and the U.S. Forest Service!



Now is the time to act!!!


I am very proud of the readers of Pirate4x4.com lately. Our Land Use forums have doubled in traffic over the past couple of months due to the outrageousness of what is going on out there. If you haven't been to our Land Use forums lately, I challenge you to take a look. I guarantee you will get pissed off! When I saw the Draft Plan the Forest Service put out for travel management on the Eldorado National Forest (where I happen to live, and where the world famous Rubicon Trail is) that was the last straw for me. I got pissed off and decided to do something about it.

And it isn't just the Eldorado National Forest. Travel management planning is going on in everyone's backyard whether it's Forest Service or BLM. Anti-access extremists are out in force pressing for closures everywhere. Tellico is threatened by an anti-access lawsuit. Moab access is threatened by overzealous BLM planning. Wilderness bills are rampant in Congress. Roadless area management is still being pushed in the courts. Even the little recreation that there is available in our Parks is still under attack. Check out the fight in Yellowstone.

It really is time to put up or shut up. I threw down the challenge last month to donate in the forums, and we were able to raise about $8,000 for BRC. While that is fantastic, I think we can do a lot better. Remember, without folks like the BLUERIBBON COALITION fighting for our rights to use public land, we might as well take up basket weaving. Join the Blue Ribbon Coalition and donate to the BRC Legal Fund. The beauty of BRC is they combine all the user groups into one big fist. I stuck $500 of my own money in the fight and you need to do what you can. If it's $20 or $5000, anything helps!!

While you are at it, get busy with your local club. Local involvement is where BRC does some of its best work. If you don't belong to a club, get off your butt and join one. You really CAN make a difference!

You can join BRC and donate to BRC Legal Fund online at a secure web location, set up just for Pirate4x4 at http://join.sharetrails.org . It only took me just a couple of minutes. If you aren't comfortable with that, then call them at 1-800-BlueRib. If you can't afford to do both, at least join BRC now and donate when you can afford it.

The members of Pirate4x4 can and will make a difference!

Lance Clifford
Pirate4x4.com

[Terrys_85_Toy]

Legit.


Oh and R

[chibo]

What in the hell would lead you to believe it's a spoof?

[Sluice Sally]

Have you been paying attention to whats happening in Land Use lately..

If you haven't please take a peek.....your favorite wheeling spot may have a pretty green gate across the road next time you head out.

[mike]

Originally Posted by Sluice Sally

Have you been paying attention to whats happening in Land Use lately..
.

I can answer that for you. No. Someone else will do it you know.

[Crusarius]

just not often I see an email like that and I want to make sure my money is going to the right places.

thanx for letting me know it is legit now at least I can be confident it is going to the right spot

[EndlessMtnFab]

All Keith did was ask a question.

He was not questioning if the issue was legit. We all know that trail closures are a problem. He was checking to make sure the email was legit.

This is how phishing scams work, after all. Post up a legitimate cause or action but send people to fake places.

Besides ... he spends half his time at the hospital now. Seems like both personalities are occupying the same space


Joe

[Lance]

It's definitely legit. The email went to all 98,000 members. First time we've sent an email out to EVERYONE, so you know it's important!

[Crusarius]

Thanx Lance thats all I wanted to know.

[Red Dwarf]

The problem that got me was the "nobody@..."

I'll freely admit that I assumed it was spam or worse and promptly deleted it unread.

For us feeble-minded, it might be better to use "admin@..." or something similar.
I guess in the future I'll know that nobody is somebody and read it.

RD

[gipper]

Originally Posted by Red Dwarf

The problem that got me was the "nobody@..."

I'll freely admit that I assumed it was spam or worse and promptly deleted it unread.

For us feeble-minded, it might be better to use "admin@..." or something similar.
I guess in the future I'll know that nobody is somebody and read it.

RD

f that.


use "lance@pirate4x4.com"

[oleblue]

That "nobody" and ".NET" and paypal made me think spam.

I can't use paypal, but I have given to BRC legal through other methods & clubs.

[nooblet]

Lance sent an email to every member and it didn't include *those* pictures that were omitted from the playboy mansion excursion

Sad day indeed

Chris

[Haole]

Originally Posted by Lance

It's definitely legit. The email went to all 98,000 members. First time we've sent an email out to EVERYONE, so you know it's important!

I didn't get it. You don't love me anymore.

[roundhouse]

You got the DEFCON thing backwards.
Five means no problem, defcon one is war.

its a trivial thing, but since it is the PBB I thought Id point it out.