The editor of the Mail on Sunday rang me today to discuss the fake letter
published last Sunday under my name. He was most helpful and had access to
the electoral register so he could confirm that I was the genuine Simon
Mason. He also faxed me a copy of the fake letter shown here:
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zfake.htm
The blue text is my handwriting and as you can see, I print and don't use
joined up letters.
He checked the address used (nr 92) which was false and also the postcode is
not a valid one, although the phone number is. It is my old one from 4 years
ago presumably gleaned from an old telephone directory. Now I have a copy of
this person's writing, I have set the following letter to the Hull Daily
Mail.
Any handwriting experts who can get a personality profile from the text?
Dear Sir or Madam,
You might be aware of the recent spate of anti cycling letters that have
been published in the HDM under my name as well as Mr Howard Peel and Peter
Minns. In each case the person behind this has used not only false names,
but also false addresses.
In my case I was allegedly living in "Bloomfield Road" - I left Bloomfield
Avenue in 2000. Peter Minns was down as living in Tranby Lane, Anlaby and
Howard Peel's address was Pickering Road, an address he left 12 years ago!
I enclose a printout from your letter archives highlighting a series of
letters by a "P. Scott" of Tranby Lane, Anlaby which is another fake name as
no such person lives there according to the electoral register. The profile
of this person fits exactly with the person hijacking our names. It is a
one-track message, clamp down on cyclists with no lights etc.
This person has now gone national. In last Sunday's (4 JUL 04) Mail on
Sunday the enclosed letter was published. Again, my name was used along with
a false address and non-existent postcode. The phone number however is
valid, except it is of my previous address in Bloomfield Avenue and no doubt
obtained from an old phone directory.
Is there any chance of matching up the hand writing with any of the letters
in your archive to see who is behind these letters?
Yours Faithfully,