HELP...my teen daughter has been talking to someone online and I am very suspicious...?

Question

My daughter has been talking to someone online who she believes is a 15 year old model. Later she gave out information and her home phone #. I realized all of this when she gave me the phone and wanted me to talk to her friend. It was a very suspicious person who did not sound like a 15 yr old boy it sounded to me like a woman pretending to be a kid. Now I am very freaked out with all the online predators and now this person can easily find her. When she told him what I was saying he got vey worried. Does anyone know who I can contact to find out if this is a child or an adult. I have the email address and 2 cellphone numbers he calls from.

Answer 1

Look at the link below. From here you can trace his phone number and carrier, from there you can confront them directly, contact the cellular carrier or contact your local police department. The police can investigate further with the cellular companies as to who this individual is without you being exposed.

Answer 2

You dont say exactly what information she has given out, if it is just her phone number/email address then try not to worry too much, it is very difficult to trace people this way. If she gave out her home address and/or school then it would be more concerning, and it may be a good idea to find out who this person is and report them if necessary. You can do this simply by contacting the police who will be able to trace the numbers.

As to banning her from the internet, in my own experience being prevented from doing something only makes you want to do it more. Talk to your daughter about the risks of meeting people online and make her aware of the possible consequences of giving out personal information. Keep in mind that the internet is a great way to gather information and explore ideas that she otherwise would not have access to; don't jump to conclusions that she may be planning to meet anyone in real life.

Answer 3

You should tell your daughter that you don't feel right about this "kid". Not sure how you could trace a cell phone number or email. You could always ask her to get him to use a webcam to see and hear him in real time. If you know his first and last name as well as the city he lives in you could try to do a background search but it will only come up if he is really an adult. Not sure what you can do besides forbid her from communicating with him.... but I'm sure you realize she will do it anyway. It's a scary world out there so I understand your fears about your daughter meeting strange people online but it's a very good thing that she has told you about him so you aren't in the dark.

Answer 4

switchboard.com has a reverse phone # lookup. It doesn't do as well for cell #s, but it offers a for-fee service that claims to be able to do this. It might be worth the cost.

If the e-mail address is not one of the giant providers like yahoo.com, aol.com, etc, you can look up who owns the domain name. That may give you a little more info about where the person is. (The domain name is the part of the e-mail address to the right of the @ sign). See the link below to do this.

Finally - or maybe first - talk to your daughter. Tell her about your concerns, and ask her how much she's told this person. Tell her that predators may sound VERY convincing, and that she should never give out private information, like phone #s, addresses, etc, unless she absolutely knows the person.

Answer 5

I would talk to the police... I don't know about where you are from but here in my Canadian town, the police took a situation like this very serious in my own family... they can trace the calls and investigate to see if the person on the other end of the line is actually genuine or not.

Think, if it is a predator, how many other children are getting taken, and how many other children has this person potentially harmed, or will harm if you don't do anything. It's worth looking into, seriously.

Answer 6

What your daughter did was very dangerous there is no way to tell who you are really talking to on the Internet it doesn't take much for a bad guy to use map quest to find someone or follow a trail to discover a persons address school or location of where they live.

You defiantly need to talk with the Police.

Answer 7

You've got a good reason to be freaked out! I don't know who your daughter is talking to, but I bet it's not a 15 year old model either.

Contact the police, and talk with your daughter. Now!

Good luck.

Answer 8

use their phone number to find out his/her name. Im not exactly sure how to do this, but google search should yield results

also, go on youtube.com and find some touching videos about kids getting raped by internet predators have your daughter watch them

Answer 9

Yeah it's doesn't sound good that he only uses cellphones too! I'd block her internet for a month at least. That is very dangerous!! For all you know she can be followed right now

Answer 10

i substitute right into a fortunate teenager in this regard. comparable to a diverse answerer, my mom and dad have been VERY open with me approximately sexuality from a youthful age. They knew (and made confident I knew) that each and each selection has sturdy and undesirable consequences, and that that they had rather I make the determination in line with own thoughts/want/in spite of rather of putting myself at any threat by potential of demanding approximately getting caught. They needed me to have the potential to return to them if a mistake substitute into made to remedy the priority rather of demanding approximately judgement or punishment. So I had adequate admire to time it real, and if there ever substitute right into a "got here domicile early" incident, they took their time getting out of the motor vehicle. It substitute into in no way an argument, yet whilst that they had are available in, they might have knocked or made some noise. nonetheless could have been embarassing, however *oi.* If I ever have little ones, i might elect to enhance them the comparable way. make confident they are recommended with reference to the negative aspects, make confident they are preserving themselves, and be open in the event that they ever have a concern. i think of that the suitable age varies from teenager to teenager. There are some human beings I knew at 15 that have been greater emotionally waiting (clever adequate to guard themselves, point-headed adequate to make quite sturdy judgements) than many human beings i be responsive to now that i'm in my 20's.