Help - I think I've been targeted by an internet predator!

[Spartan]

Hey, I'm a 20 year old male, who is physically strong/fit enough to handle myself, so I'm not quite sure why I would be targeted?

However, I have been contacted via the social networking site Bebo (which I don't even use anymore), by some girl who is apparently single and looking to meet local guys. I stress the local part because she hasn't even said where she is from!

She doesn't have her own profile, the profile she contacted me from was apparently her cousin's, however her cousin's profile is very suspicious to say the least! It only has one picture of some girl, which is the profile pic, no friends and a long list of comments, including comments from underage boys! However, this is apparently only her cousin's profile!

She told me to contact her via email, so I sent her an email basically saying who are you? Why is your cousin's profile so suspicious etc? She replied with the following message: (WARNING: the link in the text contains nudity!)

I'm Mary, I forgot to mention it in my message to you on bebo. So, how you doin'? I am fine (in case you are wodering. lol) I'm just slowly trying to get myself out of bed. (I'm sooo lazy on my day off, lol)? Today is my only, "technical" day off.

Anyways. What cha doin? What cha like to do? You know, the usual 50 questions. lol. As for me, we're planning a party next weekend, me and my friends. I'll be home at that time. I won't be here with my friend anymore. Home sweet home it will be. lol. Anyways, we do it about once a month. Hey come and join us! It would be fun.

Anyways, bebo seemed cool, but I notice how much time my friend spends on it, and how much time I spent on it when she showed it to me, and I'm afraid I might end up wasting away in front of it instead of being out doing stuff. So I don't think I'll post a profile just yet, I'll just continue to use my friends if I need to, hopefully I won't, . (That was her account that I messaged you from btw, in case you havent already realized.)

I have my page you can check out, Mary's Page so you can see what I look like, and you can even get to know more about me. It's kinda like the artisic side of me.

Let me know if you wanna talk more. And let me know if you want to come to our party. That would be really cool. All I do is usually work and stay home during the days, but weekend nights, I'm usually out with my girl friends. Maybe, if you'd like, we can also meet up for coffee or drinks or somethin' when we both get some free time...?

Anyways, I'm gonna get goin'. I think I'll get off my lazy ass now and call my Mom. I'll ask her what she wants to do for Mothers Day comming up. Or maybe I'll just soak in the tub for an hour or two. Oh well... either way, write back soon! and take care!

xoxo ~ Mary

Notice how her cousin has turned into her 'friend', and how she still hasn't revealed where she's from!?

I'm kind of spooked by this, I mean the girl in the link is obviously beautiful, but I'm worried this is some perverted bald 40 year old man, or woman for that matter! What do you think? And why the hell would someone do this?

[sonicpunk32]

LOL, I cant help but laugh. But it sounds to me like you're the "victim" of porn spam. There are numerous profiles like that created on Myspace all the time that mimmick a real person, but in truth it's just a spam attempt to get you to look at their porn. Sometimes it's mostly a bot program that automatically generates these profiles and searches for people to contact based on gender, age, etc.

[Playlife]

Erm, örm... I've received a couple of similar messages too(albeit not as long and well thought out). I just read the messages and chuckled that I'm a babe magnet.

And I'd also suggest upping your level because that girl in those pictures is not that beautiful really.

[pianoperformer]

Um, I get similar things through email all the time. I just ignore them. I really wouldn't bother.

[Spartan]

Originally Posted by sonicpunk32

LOL, I cant help but laugh. But it sounds to me like you're the "victim" of porn spam. There are numerous profiles like that created on Myspace all the time that mimmick a real person, but in truth it's just a spam attempt to get you to look at their porn. Sometimes it's mostly a bot program that automatically generates these profiles and searches for people to contact based on gender, age, etc.

It can't have been a bot, since she used my real name in the email, which I omitted here. Perhaps I should reply saying are you a bot program or some perverted old man and see if I get a reply lol!?

[Spartan]

I just noticed a glaring mistake in the email, which must mean it's a fake.

"I'll ask her what she wants to do for Mothers Day comming up."

Mother's day has already been this year!

[Playlife]

Maybe you used your real name over at Bebo, and s/he got it from there.
Really, I wouldn't worry about this one so much.

[Spartan]

Originally Posted by Playlife

Maybe you used your real name over at Bebo, and s/he got it from there.
Really, I wouldn't worry about this one so much.

I don't understand some people, who would sink so low just to increase traffic on some porn/dating site, such as Fling.com! You have been named and shamed! Notice how all the photos of Mary link to Fling.com!?

Consciousness lowering sites like Fling.com sicken me!

[frajilthunder]

Originally Posted by Spartan

I just noticed a glaring mistake in the email, which must mean it's a fake.

"I'll ask her what she wants to do for Mothers Day comming up."

Mother's day has already been this year!

Plus it's a bit of a stretch to call Texas and England local. Nice titties though.

[Spartan]

Originally Posted by frajilthunder

Plus it's a bit of a stretch to call Texas and England local. Nice titties though.

Lol! The piercings are kind of kinky! I like her 'artistic' side.

[Trezker]

Classic spam.

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