Internet Predators
Internet Predators
One in four US teen girls reported that they met strangers off the Internet. One in seven boys admitted they did as well. While most of these "Internet friends" turn out to be another teen or preteen, that 's not always the case. Unfortunately, children are now dying at the hands of their Internet child molesters and, not all sexual exploitation of children occurs offline.
These child molesters are blackmailing the children into performing sexual acts in the comfort of their own homes, on web cams. Yet, 100% of the children molested by Internet sexual predators went willingly to a meeting. They may have thought they were meeting a cute fourteen year old boy or girl, but they knew they didn 't know the person in real life. Canada is one of the world 's top internet nations with millions of people of all ages going online every day. That makes young Canadians a prime target for "cyber-stalkers," who are just waiting to feed off the insecurities of children and ultimately lure them away from the safety of their computers, and their homes.
In 2000, Cassandra Parlee, a 14-year-old girl in Port Moody, B.C., who came close to traveling across two provinces to meet someone she had met only online.
Also in 2000, another 14-year-old girl wasn 't so lucky.
The girl, who can 't be named, received this e-mail from her "cyber pal."
I thought about you and what I would do if we were together and this happened when we had our baby... You are my inspiration and my soul! I can hardly wait till you 're with me.
Love, your man Jason
Jason turned out to be 28-year-old Jason Wright from Washington State. He arrived at the girl 's home in Victoria, B.C., and drove away with her.
Police caught up with them and charged Wright with abduction and sexual assault. Police say Wright had spent a night in a hotel with the girl. They also found a notebook containing the names and e-mail addresses of other young girls in Canada and the U.S.
One in four US teen girls reported that they met strangers off the Internet. One in seven boys admitted they did as well. While most of these "Internet friends" turn out to be another teen or preteen, that 's not always the case. Unfortunately, children are now dying at the hands of their Internet child molesters and, not all sexual exploitation of children occurs offline.
These child molesters are blackmailing the children into performing sexual acts in the comfort of their own homes, on web cams. Yet, 100% of the children molested by Internet sexual predators went willingly to a meeting. They may have thought they were meeting a cute fourteen year old boy or girl, but they knew they didn 't know the person in real life. Canada is one of the world 's top internet nations with millions of people of all ages going online every day. That makes young Canadians a prime target for "cyber-stalkers," who are just waiting to feed off the insecurities of children and ultimately lure them away from the safety of their computers, and their homes.
In 2000, Cassandra Parlee, a 14-year-old girl in Port Moody, B.C., who came close to traveling across two provinces to meet someone she had met only online.
Also in 2000, another 14-year-old girl wasn 't so lucky.
The girl, who can 't be named, received this e-mail from her "cyber pal."
I thought about you and what I would do if we were together and this happened when we had our baby... You are my inspiration and my soul! I can hardly wait till you 're with me.
Love, your man Jason
Jason turned out to be 28-year-old Jason Wright from Washington State. He arrived at the girl 's home in Victoria, B.C., and drove away with her.
Police caught up with them and charged Wright with abduction and sexual assault. Police say Wright had spent a night in a hotel with the girl. They also found a notebook containing the names and e-mail addresses of other young girls in Canada and the U.S.