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If bullying content has been shared with you, break the cycle! You should never share or repost content that amounts to bullying.

Having done their research on the child or young person they wish to target, the online predator will then reach out with a ‘friend’ request to the target via social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and the like). 

At first engaging in sexting, which is sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, photograph(s) of yourself or others via your mobile, may seem like harmless fun. But it can soon turn into a nightmare, if the photograph(s) or message(s) become widely shared amongst your peer group and are posted on social media.

Scammers often reach out to online Gamers, maybe via chat forums or by placing what seems like enticing offers on social media platforms or on the internet, to try and reel you into their scams.

There are person(s) who will use the internet, social media and chat forums to target children and young persons, for the purpose of exploiting them. One of their tactics is to reach out to you via social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagam, Snapchat etc.,) to try to become your ‘friend’.

Most households now run network devices linked to the internet, including computers, gaming systems, TVs, tablets, smartphones and wearable devices that access wireless (WIFI) networks. If your home network, network devices and online accounts are not secured, then they provide the cyber attackers with an entry point into your home WIFI network.