Last week in Binghamton, New York, a woman foiled her Internet stalker by producing copies of the chat messages in which he had threatened her, and threatened the sexual assault of her 4-year-old daughter.
It's a horrifying story to be sure, but sadly, not a very new one; the dangers of the Internet are well-documented these days, and Internet stalkers and cybercrime is on the rise. It seems that almost every day the public hears of the dangers of online dating, the potential for children and teens to be exploited or fall prey to online predators, cyber bullies, and more.
Did you know:
1 in 12 women who logs-on will be a victim of Internet stalking.
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The Internet exposes us to new people, which can be a great thing, unless of course one of those people is an unbalanced stalker. As of right now, 1 in 12 women who logs-on will be a victim of Internet stalking. This adds up to about 8 million women.
And men can be victimized too, with male victims adding up to 1 in 45.
Even worse, around 20% of Internet stalking cases leads to offline stalking. This means that if 8 million women will be stalked online, about 1,600,000 of them will then be stalked in the real world.
That is, unless they do what the woman in Binghamton did; she gave the police copies of her stalker's threats, leading to his arrest.
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Of course, not everyone on the Internet is dangerous, but it's a smart idea to be prepared for the ones who are.
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