tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346908472025-11-24T23:36:46.437-05:00This blog will be dedicated and used to write on and about Internet Predators, Trolls, Flame Wars, Cyberpaths, Cyberstalkers &amp; other Internet abuse and online behavior problems. It is a growing problem and people need to be educated about this type of online behavior. <br> <br> Please leave any comments you may have under the Notes link. <br> <br> I do accept Anonymous comments, but do require that all comments be respectful.yngathrrthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297858893586317126noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34690847.post-41519966140735880512010-08-24T11:50:00.000-04:002012-12-18T07:51:10.355-05:00

By FRED CONTRADA(MASSACHUSETTS) - Even after hundreds of empty boxes arrived in the mail and she was warned that firecrackers would explode on her lawn, Laurie A. Narey shied away from taking court action."It's not something I'm comfortable with," she said. "I'm a private person."Eventually, however, the harassment was too much. She was getting e-mails and telephone calls blaming her for Phoebe

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Authorities say a DeSoto Parish, Lousiana Baptist preacher has been arrested on three counts of cyber stalking after members of his former congregation accused him of sending threatening e-mails and text messages. Deputies say 55-year-old Jim Reynolds of Mansfield was freed from the parish jail after posting a bond totaling $3,156. Cpl. Dusty Herring told The Times that Reynolds, former pastor

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The lucky ones need only change their e-mail address or return goods they did not order. At worst, however, cyberstalking victims end up with a ruined reputation or a plundered bank account. Cyberstalking takes many forms. And the abuse of personal data on the internet to play tricks on people or exert pressure on them is growing, experts say. Cultivation of one's web image and more careful use

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by Catharine SmithClive Worth, 60, claims to have met and "bedded" around 1,500 women online.He says he has connected with 300 of those women using Facebook, a tactic Worth believes has gotten him kicked off of the social networking site -- multiple times.The British ex-miner told Metro UK that he has had his Facebook profile removed four times. "Facebook don’t give me a reason any more, they

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A man who lied about being rich and important has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $200,000 from women he met through online dating services. Westchester County, New York - District Attorney Janet DiFiore says Solomon Jesus Nasser of Ardsley pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree grand larceny. DiFiore says Nasser "trolled Internet dating sites" for nearly three years looking for victims.

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People Search Engines: They Know Your Dark Secrets … and Tell AnyoneBy JR Raphael, PC WorldSocial search engines can turn up your Amazon Wish List, photos of your kids, where your kids go to school, your address, your business, where you went to school, your musical tastes, your medical problems, all about your breakups &amp; divorces, your mental health status and much, much more. What else is

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An California woman was sentenced to a year in jail for sending hundreds of threatening text messages — to herself. Prosecutors said Jeanne Mundango Manunga told police her former boyfriend and his sister-in-law were behind the threats. Manunga was sentenced Friday in Santa Ana Superior Court. She was convicted in May of three felony counts of false imprisonment by fraud or deceit and two

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An Eagan man has pleaded guilty to attempting to coerce a man he believed to be a love rival, also admitting to disorderly conduct. Emmett Salberg, 45, had for years poked fun at local officials as the creator of two websites that had resembled the city of Eagan's website. That had led to such confusion on the public's part, and embarrassment for the city, that the city council agreed last June

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by Stephanie Chen - CNN Before the explosion of social media, Ken Altshuler, a divorce lawyer in Maine, dug up dirt on his client’s spouses the old-fashioned way: with private investigators and subpoenas. Now the first place his team checks for evidence is Facebook.Consider a recent story of a female client in her 30s, who came to Altshuler seeking a divorce from husband. She claimed her

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How 'BT Sarah' spies on your Facebook account: secret new software allows BT and other firms to trawl internet looking for disgruntled customers(U.K.)Some of Britain’s biggest firms were last night accused of ‘spying’ on their customers after they admitted ‘listening in’ on disgruntled conversations on the internet.The companies include BT, which uses specially developed software to scan for

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A television presenter has told how she feared for her life after a viewer bombarded her with abusive emails while she was pregnant.Alexis Bowater, 39, received a stream of threatening messages including one which read: 'I hope your baby dies'.The former newsreader said the threats kept her awake at night and made her frightened to be at home alone without her husband.Alexander Reeve, 24, sent

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Nevada — Law enforcement officials are reminding residents that while social networking sites can be fun, they also present potential dangers in the form of sexual harassment.Washoe County Sheriffs Office deputies recently arrested Jared Smith, 25, of Sparks, after he allegedly sent messages through a Facebook.com account of a sexual nature to a 14-year-old girl, according to a press release

yngathrrthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297858893586317126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34690847.post-84501568033918053802010-08-03T23:05:00.000-04:002012-11-18T23:07:42.115-05:00

An elderly widow has been left seriously out of pocket by an internet dating site scam.The woman has lost almost all her life savings after being duped into sending hundreds of thousands of pounds to a supposed American soldier.The trickster befriended the lady on an online chatroom, claiming to be a lieutenant in the US Army stationed in Afghanistan.And after gaining her trust over a period of

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Tiffany Eisler kicked her boyfriend out of her life last month, or so she thought.A few weeks ago, a friend told her about a fake Facebook page in her name."Someone was pretending to be me, with naked pictures, with my phone number up," she said.Eisler called 17 News to see if police can do anything to help.She told reporter Anna Velasquez she met Kyle Walker online. Walker was living in Marin

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How 'BT Sarah' spies on your Facebook account: secret new software allows BT and other firms to trawl internet looking for disgruntled customers(U.K.)Some of Britain’s biggest firms were last night accused of ‘spying’ on their customers after they admitted ‘listening in’ on disgruntled conversations on the internet.The companies include BT, which uses specially developed software to scan

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(originally published in April 2007)Here's a key email exchange with Beckstead &amp; just one of his targets illustrating the depth of his lying and twisting things around to suit himself (like they all do).It begins with this Target asking again for some straight answers. Beckstead of course, changes the story completely from what he had originally told her.The word salad, gaslighting and

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More from just one of the bunch of Beckstead's victims we heard from since his initial exposure three years ago:(EOPC's comments are in Dark Blue.EOPC has linked some of our other exposed Cyberpaths throughout this article in our ongoing efforts to point out the PATTERNS &amp; SIMILARITIES between these predators and to support our victims by letting them know: YOU ARE NOT ALONE!)I was

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By Karon Kelly(U.K.) A TERRIFIED mum was hounded out of her home by threats made on a social networking site by a woman who had already attacked her.Danielle Rodgers took her children out of school and moved away from her family and friends because of her fear.Newcastle Crown Court heard Miss Rodgers had been attacked by Roxanne Fox during a night out with friends in South Shields on January

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Let's read some of the wit &amp; charm (and WORD SALAD) in our review of former Predator of the Month, Doug Beckstead. (See if you know an online "friend" like this!) Beckstead loves bending his targets' ears with his 'tales of woe', his tales of his 'so busy &amp; popular life' (so busy &amp; popular he's online looking for decent women to target), his tales of how he was 'in law

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By Arthur MartinAn ‘obsessive’ TV producer who stalked a former classmate for more than seven years was jailed for just 16 weeks on Monday.Elliot Fogel, 34, subjected Claire Waxman to an ‘unimaginable’ ordeal by following her, breaking into her car and making hundreds of late-night phone calls to her home.A search of his computer revealed he had Googled his victim more than 40,000 times in one

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The U.S. Justice Department has abruptly abandoned what had become a high-profile court fight to read Yahoo users' e-mail messages without obtaining a search warrant first.In a two-page brief filed Friday, the Obama administration withdrew its request for warrantless access to the complete contents of the Yahoo Mail accounts under investigation. CNET was the first to report on the Denver

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Cleveland County, North Carolina deputies have arrested a man for cyber-stalking a 38-year-old Kings Mountain woman.Laurence Barnett, 40, is charged with the crime. Deputies say it appears the Marietta, Ga., man may have used information on Facebook.com to track the woman down at her church. She recognized him, saying Barnett repeatedly tried to contact her on the social networking site.Deputies

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WE NEVER NEVER NEVER agree with online dating... ever... under any circumstances. Volunteer, join an interest group but STAY OFF THE DATING SITES!by Zoe FraleyA Canadian man suspected of running fraudulent dating Web sites was arrested as he tried to enter the U.S. at Point Roberts on Friday, March 26, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.Barrie Turner, 65, of Delta, B.C., is

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by Antony MayfieldThe measure of your reputation is what you do plus what others say about you. That was one of the first things I learned in PR. A reputation can be managed, and can be influenced by the things we do, but it can never be designed or decided upon by its holder. Reputation is earned.As the social web has distributed the power and influence formerly held by the mainstream

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If it hasn't already happened to you, someday it will: You'll pick up the phone or open an e-mail and suddenly get a blast from the past. Out of the blue, you'll hear from someone you used to know.It might be a former classmate, hoping to see you at the next reunion. Or a colleague from a previous job who's passing through town. Or a teenage crush who looked you up on the Internet. Or an

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