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Please help, I'm scared...
I Got A Random Message On Kik From A Girl. It Said "21/F from Vegas, I found your name in the online member directory, just looking for someone to chat with"... Um? I Told Her I Didn't Know Her Or Whatever And She Asked If We Knew Eachother. I Said No And She Said That My Username Seemed Familiar Or Something. Pleeeease Help, I Know It May Just Seem Like Someone With The Wrong Kik But I'm Scared. I Don't know What Directory Or Anything She's Talking About. Please Help, I Deleted My Account And Everything. She Said "Hmm okay, mind talking to a 24 y/o lonely single female?" Or Whatever. Ah I'm So Creeped Out
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Treat this like spam. A lot of people have received the same kind of letter over e-mail, Facebook, social media for years. If it's not addressed to you and you know nothing about it or it sounds creepy don't worry it's not your fault. Tell your parents and delete it when they tell you to.
Don't respond either as the person on the other end may be trying to lure people. That was a mistake. Instead show your parents to see if the sender ca be identified, block this person on your account and find a way to report the message and person. Let the social media site or ISP deal with the complaint. You did nothing wrong and have nothing to be scared about as whomever wrote it or responded to it cannot hurt you. Make sure adults know about it and let them intervene.
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I'm not familiar with KIK though if it is anything like Facebook it is not hard to contact someone you don't know. You have every right to be concerned there are a lot of weirdo's who crawl the web looking for young people to make contact.
Was this person what she purported to be? Chances are good she is not. She may be a female or she may be a male. She maybe 12, 21, or 51 you can't tell from writing.
You did the right thing by closing your KIK account. IF your account had any home town information on it then in an abundance of caution you should do as follows.
I believe you to be a teenager so you start by telling your parents what happened. With their help you make a police report giving the police this person's screen name or contact information. Ask the police if they want you to file a report with KIK about this person. They may not want you too. IF so it is because major police departments have agencies within them to go after people like this. They may be able to do so or they will hand the information off to the State Police to follow up. In either case the contact information has to be up and contactable.
I would not be too concerned. Most cyber criminals lure people to them. It is safer for them to meet people away from where they are feeling safe to someplace they feel safe.
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Try to think back on what this "directory" might be, and make sure you've checked it out before you decide whether you don't remember one at all. If you come to that conclusion, "she" probably is lying about the directory and got your kik by some cosmic way (who knows how. Could be from a friend or whatever else the reason) and is probably a faker and could be a stalker or random dude, because no one says stuff like that. Just make sure you got your account deleted, and that none of your personal info got leaked or anything. It could just be a pathetic creep, and they may not be able to effect you at all if they don't know you in person or have personal information. So if they don't, or anything like that, then I'm sure you'll be fine.
Hope this helps~
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