My close friend (13) was chatting on the Internet one night and met this guy who she thought was fabulous. He claimed he was 16. My friend gave him her email address. He started asking her really gross questions so she decided not to talk to him again. But because she gave him her email address he started sending her rude and gross messages and pictures. She could not get rid of him. Her parents found out and disconnected the internet for 30 days.

Please do not give any personal or email address to anyone. You cant trust anyone!

I was chatting with a really sweet boy for a long time. Then he asked if he could have my email address. I said ok, and I gave it to him.

Some days later he sent me some nasty pictures – I wrote back to him saying I didn’t want to write to him anymore because he had sent me such disgusting images. But he wouldn’t stop, he kept on writing me emails! I got really afraid and I didn’t know what to do.

I told my mum and dad, and they were the ones who told me to delete my account and get a new one.

When I was 16 I had a lot of problems with friends in the area where I lived. So I spent time chatting which was good, but after a while I had a bad experience and I stopped chatting altogether.

While chatting I met a girl who called herself “Partygirl”. The first 4 sentences I remember were: where do you live, how old are you, are you alone and what are you wearing... That’s how it was. We went on to talk about everything. After chatting and communicating via email for a long time we exchanged pictures, completely normal pictures.

After a month of chatting and emailing like this we planned to meet up. I thought this would be OK, and we decided to meet at the Central Station. I arrived with a rose and her picture (in order to recognize her). A man came up to me. He said something like him being her granddad. He was a little man. He looked nice. After thinking about it, I said ”what do you know about me?” - And he knew too much… Then I ran away. I never heard from ”Partygirl” again...

Now this is a few years ago – I’m sure, I know what his man was after. But what to do when you have been chatting online with a person that you think is your friend for more than a month?

Watch out people!