----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 11:32 PM
Subject: Fw: Pass this on to your friends...
--- On Sat, 5/12/07, debbie holmes <
threebr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: debbie holmes <
threebr...@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Pass this on to your friends...
> To: "Kenji Holmes" <
kooolk...@yahoo.com>, "Miko Holmes" <
iroc...@yahoo.com>
> Date: Saturday, May 12, 2007, 8:41 AM
> Subject: Please read - too important to ignore
>
> After tossing her books on the sofa, she decided to
> grab a snack and get on-line. She logged on under her
> screen name, ByAngel213. She checked her Buddy List
> and saw GoTo123 was on. She sent him an instant
> message:
>
>
>
> ByAngel213: Hi. I'm glad you are on! I thought someone
> was following me home today. It was really weird!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> GoTo123: LOL. You watch too much TV. Why would someone
> be following you? Don't you live in a safe
> neighborhood?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ByAngel213: Of course I do. LOL. I guess it was my
> imagination cuz' I didn't see anybody when I looked
> out.
>
> GoTo123: Unless you gave your name out on-line. You
> haven't done that have you?
>
>
> ByAngel213: Of course not. I'm not stupid you know.
>
>
>
>
> GoTo123: Did you have a softball game after school
> today?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ByAngel213: Yes and we won!!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> GoTo123: That's great! Who did you play?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ByAngel213: We played the Hornets. LOL. Their uniforms
> are so gross! They look like bees. LOL.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> GoTo123: What is your team called?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ByAngel213: We are the Canton Cats. We have tiger paws
> on our uniforms. They are really cool.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> GoTo123: Did you pitch?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ByAngel213: No, I play second base. I got to go. My
> homework has to be done before my parents get home. I
> don't want them mad at me. Bye!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> GoTo123: Catch you later. Bye
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Meanwhile... ...GoTo123 went to the member menu and
> began to search for her profile. When it came up, he
> highlighted it and printed it out. He took out a pen
> and began to write down what he knew about Angel so
> far.
>
>
> Her name: Shannon
>
> Birthday: Jan. 3, 1993
>
>
> Age: 13
>
> State where she lived: North Carolina
>
> Hobbies: softball, chorus, skating and going to the
> mall.
>
>
>
> Besides this information, he knew she lived in Canton
> because she had just told him. He knew she stayed by
> herself until 6:30 p.m. Every afternoon until her
> parents came home from work. He knew she played
> softball on Thursday afternoons on the school team,
> and the team was named the Canton Cats. Her favorite
> number 7 was printed on her jersey. He knew she was
> in the eighth grade at the Canton Junior High School
> She had told him all this in the conversations they
> had on-line. He had enough information to find her
> now.
>
> Shannon didn't tell her parents about the incident on
> the way home from the ballpark that day. She didn't
> want them to make a scene and stop her from walking
> home from the softball games. Parents were always
> overreacting and hers were the worst. It made her wish
> she was not an only child. Maybe if she had brothers
> and sisters, her parents wouldn't be so
> overprotective.
>
>
> By Thursday, Shannon had forgotten about the footsteps
> following! her. He r game was in full swing when
> suddenly she felt someone staring at her. It was then
> that the memory came back. She glanced up from her
> second base position to see a man watching her
> closely. He was leaning against the fence behind first
> base and he smiled when she looked at him. He didn't
> look scary and she quickly dismissed the sudden fear
> she had felt.
>
> After the game, he sat on a bleacher while she talked
> to the coach. She noticed his smile once again as she
> walked past him. He nodded and she smiled back. He
> noticed her name on the back of her shirt. He knew he
> had found her.
>
>
> Quietly, he walked a safe distance behind her. It was
> only a few blocks to Shannon 's home, and once he saw
> where she lived he quickly returned to the park to get
> his car.
>
> Now he had to wait. He decided to get a bite to eat
> until the time came to go to Shannon 's house. He
> drove to a fast food restaurant and sat there until
> time to make his move.
>
> Shannon was in her room later that evening when she
> heard voices in the living room.
>
> "Shannon, come here," her father called. He
> sounded
> upset and she couldn't imagine why. She went into the
> room to see the man from the ballpark sitting on the
> sofa.
>
> "Sit down," her father began, "this man has
> just told
> us a most interesting story about you."
>
> Shannon sat back. How could he tell her parents
> anything? She had never seen him before today!
>
> "Do you know who I am, Shannon ?" the man asked.
>
> "No," Shannon answered.
>
>
> "I am a police officer and your online friend,
> GoTo123."
>
> Shannon was stunned. "That's impossible! GoTo is
> a
> kid my age! He's 14. And he lives in Michigan !"
>
> The man smiled. "I know I told you all that, but it
> wasn't true. You see, Shannon , there are people
> on-line who pretend to be kids; I was one of them. But
> while others do it to injure kids and hurt them, I
> belong to a group of parents who do it to protect kids
> from predators. I came here to find you to teach you
> how dangerous it is to talk to people on-line. You
> told me enough about yourself to make it easy for me
> to find you. You named the school you went to, the
> name of your ball team and the position you played.
> The number and name on your jersey just made finding
> you a breeze."
>
> Shannon was stunned. "You mean you don't live in
> Michigan ?"
>
> He laughed. "No, I live in Raleigh . It made you feel
> safe to think I was so far away, didn't it?"
>
> She nodded.
>
> "I had a friend whose daughter was like you. Only she
> wasn't as lucky. The guy found her and murdered her
> while she was home alone. Kids are taught not to tell
> anyone when they are alone, yet they do it all the
> time on-line. The wrong people trick you into giving
> out information a little here and there on-l ine.
> Before you know it, you have told them enough for them
> to find you without even realizing you have done it. I
> hope you've learned a lesson from this and won't do
> it
> again. Will you tell others about this so they will be
> safe too?"
>
> "It's a promise!"
>
> That night Shannon and her Dad and Mom all knelt down
> together and thanked God for protecting Shannon from
> what could have been a tragic situation.
>
>
> *****NOW**** *
>
> Please send this to as many people as you can to teach
> them not to give any information about themselves.
> This world we live in today is too dangerous to even
> give out your age, let alone anything else.
>
>
> EVEN FORWARD THIS TO PEOPLE WITHOUT KIDS SO THEY CAN
> SEND IT TO FRIENDS THAT DO HAVE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
> Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection.
> Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta.
>
http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html