Monday, December 13, 2010

Social Networking Predators. How They Do It?

In today's society adults and teens lives revolve around social networking. For instance Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and many other social networking sites. This gives criminals and molesters new gateways to succeed in what they do. For a criminal to create a site is easier then tying your shoe. For example signing up for facebook is only a couple of easy steps.

1. First Name & Last Name
2. Email Address & Re-Enter Email Address
3. Password & Re-Enter Password
4. Date of Birth & The Persons Sex
5. A Couple of Security Questions & Personal Questions
6. Last, Add Friends

This is a simple task to complete and if someone desperate enough to be able to lure a child or teen in to a trap, this is very possible because it takes no effort at all. It would be so easy to lie and say my is "Eugene Smith, I am 16 years old, I am homeschooled, I live in Dallas, Texas, and I am a football player for my local youth team." After a predator post a couple of pictures of some random kid from a different city or state, kids that he/she talks to around the age of the false person can easily get that mistaken for a real child just trying to make conversation with the child about their hobbies, interest, everyday life and maybe even personal problems with the child until they get really comfortable talking to each other. This is how preadators may become so successful succeeding in what they do.


Jernigan, Rachel.  Internet Predators and Child Pornography .  30 Mar. 2009 10:55 am.   <www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=24824 >.

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