Cyber stalking

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-06-2006
Cyber stalking
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Mon, 01-09-2006 - 11:33am

Has anyone ever been stalked over the internet?

If so, please tell your story.

I ask because someone on another message board has been posting X-rated messages under a screen name that I do not recogize and this person seems to know things about me. This is scaring me and I wondered if anyone could share a story.

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-09-2003
In reply to: today2006
Tue, 01-10-2006 - 2:27am
I know this happened on another messageboard. Not iVillage. and people were fighting and members took sides. The whole site turned into a mess. And one persons identity was uncovered with her address and phone number from the Internet company she uses... later then the offender was banned from the board but because the board is like this one i.e. anonymous access the girl came back under a different login and pretended someone was abusing her account which I find hard to believe. Anyway I hope this does not happen here it can turn ugly. That girl was upset kuz someone made a comment on her new nose and she went nuts and wanted to punish everyone so she found a way to get their contacts and published it on the messageboard. She was expelled but came back... it is unfortunately v. easy to track people and hard to authenticate users without resorting to credit cards which will limit the number of people accessing the site if adopted.
I hope your stalker is not serious and will eventually disappear. I find that it is always better to put wrong info in your profile just to distract attention. My profile is not 100% correct by the way :~)
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-17-2002
In reply to: today2006
Tue, 01-10-2006 - 11:26am
Does that message board have a Terms of Service or any kind of privacy information? Your best bet is to start by reporting this person to the Powers that Be at that board and stay after them to do something about your stalker. If they don't take action against this person to get them banned from the board, you might want to look into sore severe actions. But like juliara said, it's so easy for someone to just sign up using a different screen name and continue the harassment. If you have to, you might have to leave that board.

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