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Can someone track me down on Kik?
I made a fake Kik account (Fake name, fake picture, fake age) and went on this Kik website thing because I thought it would be funny to mess with people on it. Well there was this one guy that said "Take a picture of your body or I will punish you". I obviously didn't and I just blocked him. Well I changed my password and everything so now the account is pretty much deleted. Well, can that guy track me down? I didn't tell him any information or anything like that but I'm scared that he can. Please help.
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Well, if everything you described here is true, it's unlikely that he can identify you.
However, there are ways for creeps, criminals and predators to track you down on these supposedly anonymous services, and it does happen. They can search for you username, or even reverse look-up the image you use as a profile picture. I have a young friend whose identity was found out because she had used part of a photo that also appeared on her schools webpages as part of the sports teams section. They found out her name and where she went to school that way. If you use similar user names on other sites, they might also be able to track down your name or email address, and once they have one piece of identifying information they can often use that to find out more.
When someone does threaten you like this, you did the right thing.
Never respond.
Block or remove the person.
Then, you should also notify an adult and the police.
Most of these people make hollow threats. Since what they really want is to control others, refusing to reply, and not sending them any photos means they normally move on. If you have already sent them photos, some will threaten to post them publicly (or to make photoshoped photos with your face), but even still, most will not follow through, they will simply move on to the next possible victim who will send them the images they want.
But you also need to tell an adult, and get the police involved.
As much as it might suck for you to get in trouble, think of how more more it sucks for the hundreds of other young people who are victimized like this! By adding your information to law enforcement's understanding of these criminals, you can help them get caught and shut down for good. More and more of these predators are going to jail because more and more of their victims are getting wise, and getting help.
Always block and stop replying immediately, but to protect yourself and others, go to the police. If your local police are unhelpful, go to the FBI. Threats are always wrong. Blackmail is always wrong. Soliciting sexual photos from a minor is always wrong. These things are serious felony crimes and these criminals can only be caught if they are reported.
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Haha no he can't to my knowledge. I've had the same thing happen to me numerous times and they have no way if contacting you on that kik account if you block them, don't worry. People play weird games where you just scare people like that on there all the time, kind of like how you were trying to mess with people. Delete the account if your that worried. As long as you gave him no personal information you should be fine.
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Since I don't have the knowledge to answer this myself and I'm also curious, I did a google search for you. [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
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