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It doesn't take very long after starting a MySpace account for various groups and other MySpace members to begin contacting you. What often happens is that a company will setup a MySpace account as a means of attracting new business.

The emails below are requests to join groups or attend events from other MySpace members received shortly after the creation of an account:

The important thing to remember is that these emails come through MySpace. We have covered how the identification information for MySpace accounts is not verified so there is no way of telling the actual age of the MySpace account holder receiving these invitations.

Lets follow some through. Clicking on the second email in the list, you come across this very young looking girl wearing only underwear in her MySpace profile. She appears to be typing a message to the visitor. If you can't read it, it say " ...hope to see you then, I have work soon, but i'd love to have some fun with you"

What would a teenage boy think of this? It is just MySpace after all!

Here is another one:

What happens when a young teen is tempted by this MySpace "friend" and clicks on her links to video chat? Lets see:

(foul language was edited out)

They are brought to an adult video chat web site where they will witness a video rolling of a woman in underwear typing extremely sexually graphic information on the screen. Her "performance" schedule is listed. Look at this as a potential gateway into internet porn for your child. They were simply replying to a MySpace invite.

Another invite is to join the group "sexy babies waiting":

Here is another request to join "hot web cam room":

You see these are not MySpace "friends" looking to socialize and share information about their schools, experiences, family and activities. These are porn site operators preying on MySpace members. They use the MySpace front to send the invite, which lends some legitimacy to the whole introduction. This is very dangerous for young teens exploring the internet.

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