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Please, protect our kids! How a Predator Can Find Children Online
By:Chris Kaminski
Copyright 2006 Computer Guys Live Inc.
The statistics show an increasing exploitation of the internet as a means for predators to communicate with and eventually meet their victims. This article shows you an example of how a predator finds innocent children and befriends them. How they can take the smallest piece of information and use it to meet and lure a child. Well call our child Amanda and assume she is using MySpace, a real favorite with the kids.
1-Amandas profile looks safe enough. All she has listed is her first name, school and her interests. She writes about her parents and teachers who dont understand her.
2- Our predator draws a conclusion from her interests: Amanda may be on the softball team. He Googles the high school and finds a picture of the team. He now has her picture and her full name.
3- Our predator heads back to Google and enters Amandas full name and school. He finds a newspaper story about her father Alfred, who raised money for the softball team.
4- A new web search (dont you love Google) provides our predator with a list of all the Alfred Simpsons in the city. Only one of the dozen or so listings is near Amandas school.
5- Now the predator is home free, in just a few minutes and with very little effort, our predator has Amandas full name, her address, and a picture to identify her. Now he knows where to find her.
The rest is even easier, all he has to do is strike up a conversation online about softball and hes in.
In a short time he has contacted her thru IMs and email. They talk about parents and school, he is always friendly and reassuring and Amanda thinks she has finally found an adult who understands her.
What happens next Ill leave to your imagination. I wanted you to see how, with just the smallest bit of information and the power of the Internet, a predator can locate prey and strike.
This drives home how important it is to keep an eye on what your kids are doing on the internet; who they are chatting with, what groups and chats they are joining. Make sure you read their profiles and read what the child is posting. Remember you are the parent and it is our responsibility to protect our children online.
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Chris Kaminski has been working in computer repair and web development for the last 20 years. Kaminski is CEO and head technician for Computer Guys Live Inc., an online computer repair company based in Asheville, NC. He writes informative weekly articles about internet safety and computer technology. Visit computerguyslive.com for more tech tips, online computer repair and internet safety information.
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