KNOW THE RANDOM DANGEROUS INTERNET PROSTITUTES

Facebook or FB... The social network we all know for reconnecting with old friends and new friends is the second leading source of prostitution behind escort service. I am writing this one for the menfolk!

I have been for more than 4 years, monitoring women on Facebook as I go with my daily work life on social media platforms. I often catch the interesting ones. They fascinate me! They amuse me! I have been observing their activities and/or behavior on my Facebook male friends' walls. I couldn't help it... they are after all, an additional update on my news feed. Sadly, for the years that have passed, prostitution has grown so much in the internet world especially in the Philippines and it is happening. It could be happening in your walls right now.


Yes, there are internet-savvy prostitutes in the Philippines. They have left the streets totally and now they tap on their keyboards just as much as search engine optimizers and internet marketing geeks do. They are the very interesting to observe.


I'm not talking about anyone in my list of friends... I know every single one of them on my Facebook. I don't add anyone whom I don't have at least 5 common friends with nor those I haven't had conversation with nor met at all. I have though, accepted friend-suggestions by friends I know because it is very much possible that I meet them.


I'm talking about Filipinas obviously from barrios, towns, provinces and poor areas in Metro Manila and the Philippines... women possibly met by my male friends at bars/clubs (or worse, haven't met them at all) and suddenly become friends with them on the largest social network in the world. They come in various looks... some are beautiful with fairly white skin (mestizas) and some are dark-skinned with exotic looks a.k.a. pinay native beauties... they vary from all looks, shapes, age and sizes! 


I don't outright judge these random women I don't know but for my long years of being in the internet and in social media platforms, I see the usual patterns... same personalities, behaviors and activities (M.O. - modus operandi) of these Facebook prostitutes on how they greatly get themselves in the lives of men in Facebook. The usual hard target? MEN! 


Sometimes, they come first as individuals to a man's social networking life then they come in as tandems then groups. Sooner or later, I see my friends walls flanked with so many prostitutes and I can't help but be amused. Poor clueless male friends of mine... they don't know that they are already prostitution targets and worse, cyber crime targets. After all, with the hard life for most Pinays in the Philippines the oldest profession in the book and in the world becomes their gateway for a better life.


Ladies and gentlemen, meet THE RANDOM DANGEROUS PROSTITUTES!

They don't solicit sex directly. The strategies are very subtle to begin with as you read along further. It's a long process... they study men. The most common starts with this .... Woman sends friend request to a man. Man accepts friendship and woman posts "Thank you for adding or Thanks for the add" on man's wall without mentioning of them meeting each other even with a simple, "Nice to have met you last night at _____". Common sense right away dictates that the woman has not met the man at all.


Their Easiest Target
A man 's privacy settings are "Public" which means men will be constantly monitored by these women (where he goes, where he hangs out, what days, etc.). Eventually he will be lured then with an invite to a public place, charmed in person, flanked with other prostitutes in the team then victimized once they have already gained your trust.


The common signs that they are bound to do this is that men get to be friend-suggested by the 1st virtual  friend to another virtual girl then another from their group to make men feel comfortable about their validity as human beings... that they are real people. They then tag men in their photos, they post on men's walls even when the man has nothing to do with it.... a real marketing strategy publicly shown to the man's other gullible male friends. 


Their Second Target
The man's friends are the second target. Next thing you know these prostitutes are in common friends with your friends in the Philippines and off-shore.


Their Third Target
Next thing the man will know is that these prostitutes are friends with his female friends and sooner or later, the identity of your exposed female friends get stolen.


For every single man who adds these women they don't know, the targets get to expand all the more. These women are very cunning. I'm not scaring the menfolk but it is advisable that you add in your social networking sites women or friends you know won't harm you and your friends.


Dear Men... If you think when a woman adds you on Facebook makes you hot, I'd say yes, maybe you are. However, the sad truth about it is... If you don't know these women at all, DO NOT ADD THEM! You are either a hot target for prostitution or worse, cyber crimes in the form of robbery, identity theft, hold-up, kidnapping, etc., not only yourself but your friends as well.


Check your Facebook Privacy Settings or ask a friend who is in the know to help you secure your privacy... to keep random people you have added out of your exposure to public! The internet social life can be far more dangerous than the real social life. Don't be such a loser! Protect yourself at all times! Remember that behind keyboards, is a real person.

CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ON THE INTERNET

Below is one very alarming reading that I had today that's why I am re-posting it and sharing with you, my dear readers. It is very important for everyone to know about children who are allowed to use the internet and the pedophiles. Let me remind you that this actually is happening all over the world and so this is my way of supporting the cause to protect children from sexual predators.

"One of the attractions of the Internet is the anonymity of the user, and this is why it can be so dangerous. A child doesn't always know with whom he or she is interacting. Children may think they know, but unless it's a school friend or a relative, they really can't be sure. Often we think of pedophiles as having access to children out on the playground and other places, but because of the way the Internet works, children can actually be interacting on their home computers with adults who pretend to be children.

Child sexual exploitation occurs in every economic, social, ethnic, and religious group. With the explosion of the Internet into a powerful, worldwide medium, the danger to children, whether they are from New York or New Zealand, has drastically increased. Pedophiles and other sexual predators can use the Internet, with no precautions, to exchange names and addresses of other pedophiles and of potential child victims. Hidden behind screen names that are pseudonyms, they gather online and swap child pornography with amazing speed and in amounts beyond our wildest imagination, which excites them to molest even more. 

Offline, pedophiles typically operate in isolation. Never before have pedophiles had the opportunity to communicate so freely and directly with each other as they do online. Their communication on the Internet provides validation, or virtual validation, for their behavior. They share their conquests, real and imagined. They discuss ways to contact and lure children online and exchange tips on seduction techniques. They are using the technology of the Internet to train and encourage each other to act out sexually with children. The Internet also serves as a tool for predators to exchange tips on the avoidance of law enforcement detection. 

 
The most common means by which sexual predators contact children over the Internet is through chat rooms, instant messages and email. In fact, 89% of sexual solicitations were made in either chat rooms or instant messages and 1 in 5 youth (ages 10-17 years) has been sexually solicited online (JAMA, 2001). Considering that 25% of kids online participate in real time chat and 13 million use instant messaging, the risks of such children, either knowingly or unknowingly, interacting with a predator is alarming. See Parents Safety Guide section."

To Report Illegal Online Activity
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) provides excellent resources concerning sexual exploitation of children and related issues for the lay public, counseling community, and law enforcement agencies. NCMEC has created an extensive web presence for its Exploited Child Unit: http://www.missingkids.com. These web pages provide background information on laws and legislation, tips and pointers for parents and children, and lists of preventive resources on the various aspects of child sexual exploitation. 

In addition to its Web pages, NCMEC, in partnership with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Customs Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, serves as the National CyberTipline. To report possible illegal online activity related to child pornography, predation, or any other type of child sexual exploitation, call the CyberTipline: 800-843-5678 (800-TheLost) or contact their Web site: http://www.missingkids.com

For here in the Philippines, you may report suspicious behavior at +639197777377.

Listen to what the warning signs are inside yourself...keep yourself and the children of the Philippines safe from these pedophiles, child predators and child-sex tourists. Don't turn away. Turn them in. Please help protect our national treasures.
Related blog: SUPPORT THE CHILD-WISE TOURISM


Thanks to Jomi Garrucho of Digital Arts Photography for the great photos meant for this blog.


Blog is inspired by Teng Tupas of Kabalikat Civicom 961 in his quest to protect our national treasures.