Pandora’s Blog

The MySpace stories never fail to disappoint.

I understand that it’s fun to chat with people and make new friends online, and then meet them in real-life… Heck, I met one of my best friends online.

But you have to remember that not everyone is a good person in the world. That holds especially true behind a mask of anonymity on the internet and even truer on MySpace – the digital home of scum and villainy.

If your child is on MySpace, it is important you know who they are making friends with and talking to. Chances are there is at least one scumbag on their friends list that you need to take care of…

Check out this story from Florida over the weekend…

September 26, 2009
MySpace rendezvous leads to robbery, Boynton Beach police report
By Jerome Burdi, South Florida Sun Sentinel

BOYNTON BEACH – Boynton Beach police have a message for the Internet generation: be careful who you chat with.

A man in his late teens to early 20s was robbed after meeting a woman on MySpace who asked him to drive her around town. The victim, of Lantana, chatted on MySpace with a woman Friday evening and met her within hours of “meeting” her online, police said.

The woman gave the man her phone number and he called her.

She asked him to pick her up and the two drove around a bit before the woman asked if they could give her friend a ride. They picked up a man nearby in the 1000 block of North Seacrest Boulevard. He asked to be dropped off in the 700 block of Northeast Third Street. After that, the victim was supposed to go to the woman’s house, police said. He was robbed instead.

“Be careful,” Lt. Paul Deale said. “If it sounds too good to be true, it’s most likely not true.”

When they got to Third Street by about 10:30 p.m., the passenger pulled out a handgun. Other men at that address surrounded the car and ordered the victim out. The robbers stole the victim’s pants, wallet and keys. He then ran to a nearby store and called police. The crooks didn’t take his car, but it had to be towed because he didn’t have his keys.

The victim’s name was not released and no arrests were made.

Deale said it’s important not to take chances when meeting people online. It’s best to meet them in a public place, he said.

“People meet on MySpace and think ‘I’m gonna get the hook up’ and they sure do, but not the hook up they were expecting,” Deale said.

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