03-12-2007, 01:34 PM
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One of Many Horror Stories
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This actually happened to me.
I joined an MB, I'll call it Alternative.
I didn't notice anything strange about it.
I entered all my information, honestly, and
began to read and make posts.
I was invited to 'Chat' and went in. Was
asked some questions in the general flow.
Subsequently I get an email at the unsecured
mailbox I had used. I didn't realise that the
mail box betrayed my real name to anyone
who sent me a message.
This creature began what is generally known
as 'stalking'.
At first I thought the remarks made, in re
what I had posted in chat was peculair...
after all he hadn't been there.
He admitted he was the owner of the MB
and he was privy to all chats.
A subsequent email using my real name,
having googled me, underlined, boldfaced,
set off in quotes, that this was a stalker of
the first level.
I blocked him, then went back into my email
account, changed everything, with the sense
of 'what a bore.'
Later, I realised to myself, what could have
been the outcome, if instead of living in Jamaica
I lived in New York.
He would have my home address, my phone number,
and could show up on my doorstep.
What if I were a child, and suddenly scared that
this guy who should know me as 'kaylar' instead
knew me by my real name?
I realised how dangerous Message Boards can
be in the hands of a stalker or mentally imbalanced
person.
Another person I had met had her home address
posted in a public forum as 'punishment'.
Hence, use care when joining message Boards.
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