Thanks for the information. I don't go to chat rooms, so I wasn't aware of the problem or how it worked. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Sample" <paula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Listserv" <cisb102sp04@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 9:32 PM Subject: [cisb102sp04] Lesson 3, Question 6 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > GlacierCyber-Stalking > > I guess I didn't realize that this was a huge problem. It's being stalked > in chat rooms, listservs and via email. The rule of most crimes being > committed by somebody you know doesn't seem to apply anymore. Most of the > on line stalking is done at random, which I would think would make it more > difficult for the stalker to be caught. I have never known anyone that this > has happened to, but there is a lot of info on the web about it. > > The typical length of stalking is 11 months! That's almost a whole year of > someone driving you crazy. The whole point of cyberstalking is not to make > friends with a person, but to annoy them every time they get on a computer. > In some instances, cyberstalkers get together in groups and try to figure > out other ways of stalking. > > If you ARE being stalked online, cyberangels.org says to say LEAVE ME ALONE > and then stay offline for at least 24 hours. After that, do not respond in > any way, shape, or form ever again. Hopefully, they will get bored. If > they start to harrass in any way besides online, contact the police. > > http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cyberstalking.htm This is a report > for law enforcement regarding cyberstalking. > > Paula Sample > paula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "To BE or not to BE" > > > > > -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- > -- Type: image/jpeg > -- File: Glacier Bkgrd.jpg > > >