Mudcat has sometimes blocked anonymizer then again perhaps the MC server was down as it was wont to do over the past twelve months.

There are several DOZEN good free anonymizers. There are also several DOZEN folks that have been busted in the last few months. Carnivor is GOOD! Don't do anything on the web that you don't want your mother reading about in Sunday's newspaper.

Most criminal types will pick up their information through what 2600 Magazine calls "social engineering"///i.e. places like the "MudCat Community" where people perceive themselves as being within a "Safe Environment" and therefore "TRUST Strangers"....TRUST NO ONE - on the web!!!! Never give out personal information. Always use bogus addresses.

Sincerly,
Gargoyle