Internet - Online Predators Statistics - Dangers For Kids

The internet is a great tool for our children to use for research when completing homework assignments. It is also a great tool to use to follow personal interests, keep up with the news, or to socialize with friends.

Unfortunately the internet also poses many dangers to our teenagers and kids.

One of the major dangers is the presence of the internet predator.

Internet - Online Predators Statistics - Dangers For Kids

Online predator statistics:

*There is estimated to be over 5,000,000 predators that surf the internet

*These predators are online around the clock looking for targets

*Sexual predators use forums, chat rooms, and instant messaging to locate and communicate with children.

*There is a fifty percent chance that if your child is in a chat room designated for under aged children, the stranger he or she is talking to is a sexual predator logged in under a false identity.

*Sexual predators especially enjoy the use of private messaging, private chat rooms, and the webcam to make advances towards their victims.

*Surveys show that one in five of our kids will receive sexual advances while online but that less than 25 per cent of them will inform a parent or adult.

*Approximately 5 percent of our kids were aggressively approached by a sexual predator. This means they asked to meet the child offline, called them on the phone, or sent them money or gifts in the mail.

*89 percent of all sexual advances towards our children take place in internet chat rooms and through instant messaging.

*75 percent of our kids are willing to share personal information with a stranger on the internet, exactly what the sexual predator is looking for.

*77 percent of the targets of online predators were 14 or older. 22 percent were between the ages of 10 and 13.

*30 percent of those that are victimized by sexual predators are boys.

*Sexual predators are usually between the ages of 18 and 55. They are predominately males. Many have no prior criminal record.

*64 percent of the teens surveyed admitted they did things online that they would not want their parents to know about.

*Approximately 19 percent of our teens say they have considered meeting someone offline that they have only known online.

*Approximately 9 percent of our teens state that they have actually met offline a stranger they previously only knew and met online.

The internet predator has three favorite tools they love to use to target their victims:

*Online chat rooms that offer private messages or private rooms that they can isolate your child and become aggressive without being observed by others.

*Internet messaging, again, because they can get your child one-on-one and try and take advantage of them.

*The webcam is one of the favorite tools of the predator to find out what your child looks like, to try and gain personal information about them, and to manipulate them into doing things on camera to compromise their safety.

Internet - Online Predators Statistics - Dangers For Kids
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Ways In Which The Identity Theft Deterrence Act Can Really Help Victims Of Fraud

Gartner Inc, a giant in the research field, estimates that only one out of seven hundred people who commit identity fraud ever gets brought to justice. In Medford Oregon recently they apparently found the one.

Associate Press News Service reports on an identity thief who showed at at an area bank to cash a bogus check. What makes this story so bizarre is the thief was caught by the person he had been victimizing. It seems that person was there at the exact time disputing the bogus charges showing up on his financial statement.

Unfortunately for many others who have had their identity stolen there's no chance of them coming face to face with the thief and by some miracle apprehending them. Identity theft and fraud affects eight to nine million people every single year. While check fraud and other forms of identity theft have seen a sharp dropoff others such as phishing websites are rising at record levels. The innovations in technology are making identity fraud a whole lot easier.

Ways In Which The Identity Theft Deterrence Act Can Really Help Victims Of Fraud

For instance cell phone users may be feeling the pinch thanks to downloading certain applications which have the capability of stealing any personal information you may have stored (like online banking logins and passwords)and routing it to a remote server where identity thieves are waiting to record the information.

The good news is there is an excellent resource at your disposal. In 1998 The U.S Congress passed the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act. This law made identity theft a federal offense and with it comes tougher punishment when identity theft criminals are captured and convicted.

Aside from that it placed the Federal Trade Commission commonly referred to as the FTC at the vanguard of fighting identity fraud. The FTC and in particular their internet site is chock full of information such as preventions tips, videos and news reports. Over the past 10 years they have done an impressive job in their work to inform the public on exactly how firmly and deeply this particular crime has become in this country as well as the measures needed to protect from it.

A key feature was the development of the Identity Theft Clearinghouse database. It is an online repository built to aid local and federal law enforcement officials. Each and every complaints regarding identity theft are promptly entered into the database that is kept up to date constantly.

One other thing this law has done to aid consumers with whatever credit problem they may be experiencing due to identity theft. Even when they are fully aware you've been victimized credit agencies for reasons all their own are still slow to act in terms of eradicating it from your personal records. This action can often get speeded up when you have the United States government backing you up.

Ways In Which The Identity Theft Deterrence Act Can Really Help Victims Of Fraud
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