Couldn't happen to me

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Welcome back Ellie...I know we haven't talked a lot but I hated to hear about what happened. Mr PG is always reminding me of the dangers as I am the type of person that wants to share and I trust people (too much I am sure). I am glad that you decided not to leave as I do enjoy your posts. Hope to get to know you this time around.:smile:
 

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welcome back Ellie. You know and we know that you have nothing to be ashamed of. Take the word of those who know Facebook better than I do and do what you need to, but your man is correct. Can't 'let the terrorists win'.
 

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I'm very embarrassed that it happened to me, but it did, it's over, and I'm going to get through it.

I am a victim of a cyberstalker, and I am partially responsible for allowing it to happen. It was definitely a case of too much information on my part.

My weakness: I love talking to people and sharing, and when I talk with nice people I feel like we might share the same ideas. Well, I'm 40 and should be old enough to know better, but here we are.

I made a silly mistake of uploading a photo that I used for a Facebook account - and it wasn't even my account. It was for a non-profit group I work with. But the guy found the account and tried to "friend" me there. I didn't think it would be a good idea for all of the volunteers to know that I come to a site like this, so I really freaked out.

I seriously thought about just quitting cold turkey, but as my husband says "then the terrorist would win." So, I'm making baby steps.

I read my husband's (Captain Elephant) post and I was so humbled by the outpouring of good wishes that I actually cried! See, most of you are very nice people, and I love talking with you. So how could I stay away!

I'm going to be a lot more careful now, so if you've PMed me in the past I might be a little more stand-offish than I used to be. Sorry about that.


Ellie
I am just now reading this post... I must be way behind.
I agree with everyone so far. Glad you are here. You are a major contributor to the forums, and I appreciate your input.

I, too, had a stalker. Not from here, but from a different site. We chatted on yahoo only a few times and I felt uncomfortable so I told him that we didn't need to chat anymore. I told him I was removing his account and deleting him. He must have attempted to add me over 50 times with different user names. Most of the time, the user names were obvious, some form of the original name, or something like "imissfancy" (ugh) .

Anyway, I set up a new yahoo account and discontinued the other one. It was the only thing I could think of. Thank goodness, he didn't have my name or FB info! Cyberstalking is a real issue with many women these days.

I'm trying to be more careful and cautious about information I give out. Now, everything just leads back to FancyPants. She is everywhere... and the real me (name, etc.) is not connected to her. I really have to get to know someone before I will share personal info with them. And only one person on this site have I shared my personal info with. And that is a trusted female.

And yes, you can block on FB and here. I am thinking if you Block them on FB they cannot request again.

Good luck ~ :smile:
 

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Weird signals on this site? I only get one about every 15 minutes.

no not on the site, ive experienced this with women before as in them talking to "weird" guys who were sending of the all the wrong signals but yet these women continued talking to them anyway.

I couldn't get my head around it as to why.