Why the internet can be a bad place to meet people. A murder in Virginia. The Taylor Behl story.

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Here are a few things I know – and you should know — about the internet:

1. The internet is exactly the wrong place to make details about your personal plans available to the public.
2. Predators look for easy and vulnerable prey. They are always scanning.
3. If you make your personal details public, and are willing to form relationships based on contacts you make over the internet — you are vulnerable.

Dangerous places to meet people are in chat rooms and other open forums. It’s always a mistake to assume that anyone you meet on the internet is who they say they are, or, that their messages to you are true.