In one weekend, Maria (not her real name) sent me all
these manic e-mails and guestbook messages from Northern Mexico. Note the
times they were sent, sometimes two or three within an hour. There is
something very unsettling about Maria's e-mails, emphasised by her
SHOUTING. I am afraid that my final reply is rather sharp, but reading her
e-mails was making me as anxious as she was, and I had to ask her to stop
sending them.
Sat, 03 Jul 1999 14:11:27 -0500
Subject: hello!
hello! my name is
maria I have 17 years and I live in the north of mexico. I don't ask you
anything because the homepage said. but do you like to tell me about
something? my activities is the school and I want to practice the tennis I
LOVE IT!! if you can write me please write me but if you can't it doesn't
matter but tell me
Sat, 03 Jul 1999 15:00:42 -0500
Subject: hello!
HELLO! MY NAME IS
MARIA ¿HOW ARE YOU? ¿FINE? I'M SORRY FOR SAID YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! VERY
LATE . I CAN ASK THIS? DID YOU DO A PARTY...
HELLO! MY NAME IS MARIA
¿HOW ARE YOU? ¿FINE? I'M SORRY FOR SAID : ¡HAPPY BIRTHDAY! VERY LATE .
¿CAN I ASK SOMETHING? DID YOU DO A PARTY ? IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER IT DOESN'T
MATTER. MY OCCUPATION IS THE SCHOOL MY GRADE IS FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCOOL.
IN MEXICO YOU HAVE TO STUDY 2 YEARS. AND IN ENGLAND HOW DO YOU NEED? I
DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS COLLEGE IN THERE? YOU CAN EXPLAIN ME? BECAUSE
WHEN YOU ENTER YOU WAS VERY YOUNG YOU HAD 13 YEARS ( I READ). WRITE ME
PLEASE IF YOU CAN IF YOU CAN TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOU OR YOUR ACTIVITIES. IF
YOU CAN'T IT DOESN'T MATTER. GOOD BYE
MARIA
Sat, 03 Jul 1999 17:15:43 -0500
Subject: hello!
the e-mail that I
gave you is wrong this is the correct e-mail [removed]@hotmail.com
from the guestbook:
I WRITE YOU BECAUSE I THINK YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE THAT I LEAVE HERE I WROTE ONE MESSAGE IN THE OTHER
VISITORS BOOK AND I THINK YOU DON'T READ IT IF YOU ARE INTERSTED TO
UNDERSTAND CHECK THE OTHER VISITORS BOOK OR WRITE ME. MY E-MAIL IS
----------@HOTMAIL.COM BECAUSE THE OTHER E-MAIL THAT I LEAVE IS WRONG.(I'M
NOT SURE) MARIA.
from the
guestbook:
thanks for said the things that you feel ( the prince
william e-mail the prank)i'm sorry for a write you and you don't like if
you don't want to tell me enything about you it doesn't matter I just want
to have a friend but I understand is imposible in august 23 I will go to
the school and I hope to find friends in there. please don't think that
i'm a lier girl. bye the way thanks for everything and for read my message
( I think)
Sun, 04 Jul 1999 21:23:21 -0500
Subject: thanks for be
honestnote:this message i wrote in the other visitors book (gests book)
but I repeat because i think that you don't read it.
WILLIAM THANKS FOR
SAID THE THINGS THAT YOU FEEL(the prince william e-mail a prank) FOR BE
CLEAR IF YOU DON'T LIKE RECIVE E-MAILS THIS IS THE LAST E-MAIL THAT I
WRITE YOU . I'M SORRY . I ONLY PRETEND TO HAVE A FRIEND(only that) BUT NOW
I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T WANT. AND I RESPECT YOUR DECISION. BUT I TELL YOU I
WROTE YOU E-MAILS THESE ARE MINE:
"HELLO!" in this e-mail and the other
guests book
"THANKS FOR BE HONEST"(two times)in this e-mail and the
other in the gests book
"ACLARATION" only in the guests book.
note:
the e-mails doesn't said anyrhing about love or that kind of things that
you dont like you can check it. my name is: d------ z-----( I wrote my
name for identification) buy the way thanks for give me the oportunity to
write you
good bye
REPLY: You have made a mistake, I am not Prince William.
Mon, 05 Jul 1999
11:26:27 -0500
Subject: WHO ARE YOU?
THANKS FOR REPLY.
BUT WHO
ARE YOU? IF YOU DON'T ARE THE PRINCE WILLIAM ?
WHY DID YOU INVENT THE
PRINCE WILLIAM E-MAIL?
YOU ARE THE PROTOCOL?
PLEASE WRITE ME I DON'T
UNDERSTAND.
DO YOU KNOW THE PRINCE WILLIAM LIFE?
Mon, 05 Jul 1999 11:36:34 -0500
Subject: (sin asunto)
I'M AGAIN
I'M SORRY BUT CAN I DO THE OTHER QUESTION?
WHY DID YOU INVENT
THEVISITORS BOOK?(E-MAIL ME ) PLEASE EXPLAIN ME THE OTHER VISITORS I CAN
KEEP CONTACT WITH HIM? OR IS THE OTHER E-MAIL THE REAL E-MAIL OF HIM?' OR
THIS IS A JOKE?
YOU ARE MEN OR WOMEN?
MARIA
Mon, 05 Jul 1999 11:52:50 -0500
Subject: CANIDO THE OTHER
QUESTION?(THIS IS THE LAST ONE)
DID YOU RECIVE MY LAST E-MAIL?
I
READ THE FANS'MESSAGE AND THEN THEY RECIVE REPLY YOU CAN GIVE ME THAT
INFORMATION? OR YOU ARE THE PERSON WHO REPLY IT? I WANT TO STAY IN THAT
LIST PLEASE WRITE ME
MARIA
Mon, 05 Jul 1999 14:57:29 -0500
Subject: hello!
I'M AGAIN I'M
SORRY!!
BUT WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
WHAT IS YOUR POSICION IN THIS
PAGE?(THE PRINCE WILLIAM E-MAIL A PRANK)
DO YOU LIKE THE
BACKSTREETSBOYS MUSIC?
DO YOU KNOW THEM?
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
REPLY: You have sent me ten messages in the last few days, and I
would prefer it you did not write again. You have misunderstood my
website, and I am sorry but I do not have time for a pen-friend.
To
explain my website briefly once again: many people wrote to me because
they thought my e-mail address was Prince William's address. I made a web
page because I thought other people would find the messages interesting. I
do not work for Prince William.
The Backstreet Boys are OK, the blond
boy is my favourite.
I have blocked you from writing to this address
again, sorry.
