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dalsingh101 · June 21, 2007

For all the young ones - Be careful.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ ALL OF THIS and HAVE

> YOUR CHILDREN READ

> IT

> TOO!

>

> After tossing her books on the sofa, she

> decided to grab a snack

> and

> get on-line . She logged on under her screen

> name ByAngel213.

> She

> checked her Buddy List and saw GoTo123 was

> on. She sent him an

> instant message:

>

> ByAngel213:

> Hi. I'm glad you are on! I thought someone

> was following me home

> today. It was really weird!

>

> GoTo123:

> LOL You watch too much TV. Why would someone

> be following you?

> Don't you live in a safe neighborhood?

>

> ByAngel213:

> Of course I do. LOL I guess it was my

> imagination cuz' I didn't

> see

> anybody when I looked out.

>

> GoTo123:

> Unless you gave your name out on-line. You

> haven't done that

> have

> you?

>

> ByAngel213:

> Of course not. I'm not stupid you know.

>

> GoTo123:

> Did you have a softball game after school

> today?

>

> ByAngel213:

> Yes and we won!!

>

> GoTo123:

> That's great! Who did you play?

>

> ByAngel213:

> We played the Hornets. LOL. Their uniforms

> are so gross! They

> look

> like bees. LOL

>

> GoTo123:

> What is your team called?

>

> ByAngel213:

> We are the Canton Cats. We have tiger paws on

> our uniforms. They

> are

> really cool.

>

> GoTo1 23:

> Did you pitch?

>

> ByAngel213:

> No I play second base. I got to go. My

> homework has to be done

> before

> my parents get home. I don't want them mad at

> me. Bye!

>

> GoTo123:

> Catch you later. Bye

>

> Meanwhile.......GoTo123 went to the member

> menu and began to

> search

> for her profile. When it came up, he

> highlighted it and printed

> it

> out. He took out a pen and began to write

> down what he knew

> about

> Angel so far.

>

> Her name: Shannon

> Birthday: Jan. 3, 1985

> Age: 13

> State where she lived: North Carolina

>

> Hobbies: softball, chorus, skating and going

> to the mall.

> Besides

> this information, he knew she lived in Canton

> because she had

> just

> told him. He knew she stayed by herself until

> 6:30 p.m. every

> afternoon until her parents came home from

> work. He knew she

> played

> softball on Thursday afternoons on the school

> team, and the team

> was

> named the Canton Cats. Her favorite number 7

> was printed on her

> jersey. He knew she was in the eighth grade

> at the Canton Junior

> High

> School. She had told him all this in the

> conversations they had

> on-

> line. He had enough information to find her

> now.

>

> Shannon didn't tell her parents about the

> incident on the way

> home

> from the ballpark that day. She didn't want

> them to make a scene

> and

> stop her from walking home from the softball

> games. Parents were

> always overreacti ng and hers were the worst.

> It made her wish

> she

> was not an only child. Maybe if she had

> brothers and sisters,

> her

> parents wouldn't be so overprotective.

>

> By Thursday, Shannon had forgotten about the

> footsteps following

> her.

>

> Her game was in full swing when suddenly she

> felt someone staring

> at

> her. It was then that the memory came back.

> She glanced up from

> her

> second base position to see a man watching

> her closely.

>

> He was leaning against the fence behind first

> base and he smiled

> when

> she looked at him. He didn't look scary and

> she quickly dismissed

> the

> sudden fear she had felt.

>

> After the game, he sat on a bleacher while

> she talked to the

> coach.

> She noticed his smile once again as she

> walked past him. He

> nodded

> and she smiled back. He noticed her name on

> the back of her

> shirt. He

> knew he had found her.

>

> Quietly, he walked a safe distance behind

> her. It was only a few

> blocks to Shannon's home, and once he saw

> where she lived he

> quickly

> returned to the park to get his car.

>

> Now he had to wait. He decided to get a bite

> to eat until the

> time

> came to go to Shannon's house. He drove to a

> fast food restaurant

> and

> sat there until time to make his move.

>

> Shannon was in her room later that evening

> when she heard voices

> in

> the living room.

>

> "Shannon, come here," her father called. He

> sounded upset and

> she

> couldn't imagine why. She went into the room

> to see the man from

> the

> ballpark sitting on the sofa.

>

> "Sit down," her father began, "this man has

> just told us a most

> interesting story about you."

>

> Shannon sat back. How could he tell her

> parents anything? She

> had

> never seen him before today!

>

> "Do you know who I am, Shannon?" the man

> asked.

>

> "No," Shannon answered.

>

> "I am a police officer and your online

> friend, GoTo123."

>

> Shannon was stunned. "That's impossible! GoTo

> is a kid my age!

> He's

> 14. And he lives in Michigan!"

>

> The man smiled. "I know I told you all that,

> but it wasn't true.

> You

> see, Shannon, there are people on-line who

> pretend to be kids; I

> was

> one of them. But while others do it to injure

> kids and hurt them,

> I

> belong to a group of parents who do it to

> protect kids from

> predators. I came here to find you to teach

> you how dangerous it

> is

> to talk to people on-line. You told me enough

> about yourself to

> make

> it easy for me to find you. You named the

> school you went to,

> the

> name of your ball team and the position you

> played. The number

> and

> name on your jersey just made finding you a

> breeze."

>

> Shannon was stunned. "You mean you don't live

> in Michigan?"

>

> He laughed. "No, I live in Raleigh. It made

> you feel safe to

> think I

> was so far away, didn't it?"

>

> She nodded.

>

> "I had a friend whose daughter was like you.

> Only she wasn't as

> lucky. The guy found her and murdered her

> while she was home

> alone.

> Kids are taught not to tell anyone when they

> are alone, yet they

> do

> it all the time on-line. The wrong people

> trick you into giving

> out

> information a little here and there on-line.

> Before you know it,

> you

> have told them enough for them to find you

> without even realizing

> you

> have done it. I hope you've learned a lesson

> from this and won't

> do

> it again. Tell others about this so they will

> be safe too?"

>

> "It's a promise!"

>

> That night Shannon and her Dad and Mom all

> knelt down together

> and

> thanked God for protecting Shannon from what

> could have been a

> tragic

> situation.

>

> *****NOW*****

>

> Please send this to as many

> people as you can to

> teach

> them not to give any information

> about themselves.

> This

> world we live in today is too

> dangerous to even give

> out

> your age, let alone anything

> else.

>

> EVEN FORWARD THIS TO PEOPLE

> WITHOUT KIDS SO THEY CAN

> SEND

> IT TO FRIENDS THAT DO HAVE

> CHILDREN OR

> GRANDCHILDREN.

>

June 21, 2007

Oh, to my knowledge, I don't have any kids, but thanks for the words of wisdom.

June 21, 2007

gd post dalsingh101 , sad but tru :umm: will pass it on 4 sure

June 21, 2007

Is there an easier way to know when the chat is open? It's kind of a hassle to check the link each time.

The Slave · June 21, 2007