E-gold hacker - beware

IANAL

Theft is theft is theft - report it to the police, get back onto e-gold and tell them you are initiating a criminal investigation, and that you will require all their server logs (i.e. don`t destroy them).

Their own audit systems should enable them to point down the time of the transaction, and the originating IP address - this information is not "sensitive" IMO as it doesn`t identify anyone directly, it just tells you who their ISP is.

You don`t know at this stage how your account was compromised - it may have simply been someone managing to retrieve your login details from that machine (keylogger etc) but that might also raise questions about the security procedures of the internet cafe you were in. It may also be something more pernicious such as a member of their staff accessing accounts...

Just because the site don`t wish to treat this as a criminal matter doesn`t make it one.

Do it in writing and get a certificate of posting from the post office. Telephone calls are too easy to deny.

As for e-gold - as far too many spammers use them I'd assumed that they were dodgy. They're also on the Financial Services Authority list of unregulated internet banks. Their behaviour confirms my view.

Daytona