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SCARED TO DEATH! HELP!
So i'm a teenage girl, my "best friend" told me about someone who she said she knew through a friend (she hasn't met him in person, but a friend of hers was talking to him on myspace but she didn't know that the other girl hadn't met him either, and then she added him) and well, he gave her his cell phone number, then we called him while 3-waying, but she did *67 her number...
he's seen my myspace with all of my pictures, and all of hers too. He knows my city and state. He lives about 6 hours away from me, and i'm scared to death that he'll come to where i live and rape me and kill me like most online predators. Because he IS an online predator- his myspace profile SCREAMS it.
SO WHAT SHOULD I DO? Call the police and give them the link to his profile? I'm very scared. I don't want to end up like every other teenage girl who's been found by an online predator.
PLEASE do not say "tell your parents" or anything- they wouldn't help- all they would do is block myspace and hover over me whenever I was online and a lot of stuff like that. And I don't need that because i DO NOT TALK TO PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW ONLINE! MY FRIEND WAS THE ONE WHO DID THIS BUT I WAS ON THE LINE AND TALKING TO HIM AT THE TIME!
so help please i'm afraid for my life.
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First of all-- why give real info online to be tracked and traced?
Anonymosity is best practice...screen names, etc.
IF you feel he's a preditor, then call the hotline, notify MySpace of this too, and call the police to tell them your concerns, but they call the FBI anyway.
No matter what you do, you are a minor and your parents will find out.
You can block him by deleting him as a friend and notify MySpace.
Then your profile reverts to private and make sure it's settings are private to everyone where ONLY YOUR FRIENDS can view it!
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As long as you didn't give him your address & your full name you should be fine. Make sure he doesn't know where you go to school either.
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Stop contacting this guy though. Delete him from your MySpaces & then block him. Make your MySpaces private & don't add anyone you don't know. The only people that are okay to add [that you don't know] are bands. Only add friends/family onto your MySpace. Other than that, don't add anyone else.
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Your parents will be a huge help to you whether you think they won't be or not. Tell them about this. If you don't, how are they going to feel if something does happen? Horrible. It'd suck for them to know you didn't trust them enough to confide in them when something was wrong. Tell them, & call the police.
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In the meantime, make sure you & your friend stay safe & do everything to your MySpace that I suggested. Even if your parents do what you think they're going to, at least you're going to be safe from some 56 year old pervert.
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Tell your parents or do nothing. Don't call the police, they can't do anything for you. If you do nothing, I doubt anything would happen, online predators are very rare.
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Okay, did you tell him your address? How about your real and full first and last names? I don't think that without that info he can find you unless he knows where you go to school and just hangs out there looking for the girl in the pictures. I know you don't think your parents would be helpful, but I think you should tell them anyway. For one thing, if your friend's actions have endangered you, they need to know so they can protect you. For another, your friends actions may have endangered your family as well if it does turn out this guy is an online predator. I think you should make the decision to call the police with your parents.
However, I think that the risk he'll drive 6 hours to your home and hurt you is pretty low, even if his myspace profile is creepy.
I know that your friend must have learned from this and I hope that you are both safe.
Sabine
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