My buddy who is 14 (don't worry it aint me i'm 16) was in a chat room and posted would any girl 12-13 wanna cyber? so a few mintes later someone IMs him. they say hey asl (age sex location). he says you first. she goes 13/f and then she says you wanna cyber? and before he can say yes she says your IP address has just been reported to the police (this was 4 weeks ago) and then this person said that it was her job to catch people like him online. this person also said that the police were on there way and that they called his house and that he didnt pick up the phone (he said the phone never rang) do you think this is a joke or really someone of authourity/some one who reported him?
2007-09-28 16:26:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
This sounds like a prankster having fun in a chat room.
I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.
However, this should serve as a reminder about the danger and possible legal trouble this type of chatting can cause.
2007-09-28 16:34:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A. Having your IP address is nothing. It doesn't give any physical address. Only your IP provider knows what that is, and they'd give it to the police only through subpoena.
B. Talking with a minor online is not an offense, no matter what the discussion is. (Sending nude pictures to someone who you believe is a minor can get you in trouble, even if the recipient isn't really a minor.)
C. The real issue is when adults talk a minor into physically meeting them someplace, ostensibly for sex. Another minor meeting a minor someplace is not an offense, although it's not smart on either one's part.
D. The whole thing you described is a joke, put up by someone who wants to spread scare stories.
2007-09-29 03:03:37 · answer #2 · answered by Marc X 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have asked this question 29 times!!!!! Stop!!! If the police were going to do something, they would have. Get over it!!!
P.S. Check his Q&A in his profile. He has aksed this question 29 times in several catagories. I wish they would arrest him so he'd stop.
P.P.S. I think you are lying by the way and that the q is about you and you did more than you are saying. If you ask the same q 29 times, you must really be worried.
2007-09-29 13:19:10 · answer #3 · answered by Scott B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a joke because those people that trap others looking for minors to have sex with them they meet on line wait until you trap yourself to invite them to a place to meet. They don't just report your IP address to the police.
2007-09-28 23:33:12 · answer #4 · answered by Steven C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People try to act tough in chat rooms all the time, it was obviously a prank if he wasn't picked up by the police.
2007-09-28 23:33:46 · answer #5 · answered by Josh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its hard to say, but it does not sound like he did anything wrong. So why should he be afraid of the police?
2007-09-28 23:32:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is most likely a joke if not a good lawyer should be able to get him off as it sounds like he did nothing wrong.
2007-09-28 23:31:43 · answer #7 · answered by ziggy_brat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
besides you cant get a street addres from IP number
plus the police would have to contact ISP who had that
IP number but they would also need a court order to do so
2007-09-29 00:54:48 · answer #8 · answered by mobilemark 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
prob a joke if nothing has happened since.. but that would freak me out. But he really cant get into trouble since he is a minor and so young. its not like he is out there to rape her!
2007-09-28 23:30:33 · answer #9 · answered by Nic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm pretty sure it was just a prank.
the police are usually pretty sneaky when it comes to that kind of stuff.
2007-09-28 23:31:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋