Please help me.

Please help me, I am very very very freaked out right now.

This morning I received an email from someone I don't know who called them self Melissa. She said some things and its very scary to me because she might be one of those crazy online people. Here is a copy of the message.

"Hi (my name)! My name is Melissa and I go to (school's name) High School, one of my friends goes to your school which is called (my schools name) right? (she is right) Anyway, my friend is really cool and said you were cool so she gave me your email. I hope I can talk to you more and meet you in person some time!"

She knows my name, what school i go to and the name of a high school right next to my school, she doesn't even say who her "friend" is. I blocked her email from almost everything i have, forums, email, IM all that, then i told my mom and she said I am safe as long as she doesn't know we live.

What do you guys think? Because i am flipping out right now. Maybe it is one of my friend's friends but I can never be sure. Please help.

Any feedback is appreciated.

#502615

You got a Facebook/MySpace?

#502616

You got a Facebook/MySpace?

I have a Myspace, but its set to private and no one is allowed to see my email unless i let them.

#502617

looks like purrys gonna be featured on Dateline NBC's next 'To Catch a Predator'

#502618

looks like purrys gonna be featured on Dateline NBC's next 'To Catch a Predator'

Ha! Really. Most likely not I bet it is just a joke.

#502619

gah thats wierd.

lol. it might be just a friend of a friend of a friend... email her back to find out more info...

there's no harm in doing that and asking just so long as you dont give her any more clues about who 'you' are... and naturally after her email she expects you to probably be curious and ask questions.

You might find she's actually someone you know.

why am I saying all this?

The same thing happened to me. It took me four months to work out who the boy was (an old friend from my primary school)... and then we dated for 6 months. Wasnt all such a bad thing.

But yeah, be careful. lolz

#502620

gah thats wierd.

lol. it might be just a friend of a friend of a friend... email her back to find out more info...

there's no harm in doing that and asking just so long as you dont give her any more clues about who 'you' are... and naturally after her email she expects you to probably be curious and ask questions.

You might find she's actually someone you know.

why am I saying all this?

The same thing happened to me. It took me four months to work out who the boy was (an old friend from my primary school)... and then we dated for 6 months. Wasnt all such a bad thing.

But yeah, be careful. lolz

I deleted her email, I don't know her, I don't know any melissas soi guess i am safe now.

#502623

Hi Purry, it's me, Melissa! My friend told me you go on this forum, just dropping by to say hi!

#502639

Have you ever posted your real name online? Ever? If so, it's typically super simple to track down your school, and just about anything else. I'm not trying to be creepy or scare you.

#502640

@KAWS very funny... lol.

@nicho I am have posted my initials but nothing more, not my full name.

Its probably one of my friends..

#502651

Which mailer do you use? Is it the MSN one?

#502672

Which mailer do you use? Is it the MSN one?

Yep, she emalied it to the hotmail msn one. I think i am safe guys. Probably a joke if she wanted to kidnap me she would have contacted me again. lol.

but still, if you have more information just give some more feedback.

#502711

Try and find the IP address, i think it's in the message header. That way you can see if the IP address comes from your area or not.

#502728