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| Protect Your Images |
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24th May 2009 at 12.35 |
There is a growing problem on the internet, whereby peoples images are being stolen by scammers to be used to join other sites where they will use your image to scam other people.
To protect your images you should use a photoediting software such as photoshop, and write your username across the image. If you join several websites, have different pictures each with the username you use on the site, for example, if you join Leonas Kids Club and your username is happy123, then on all images you want to submit to Leonas Kids Club, you should write happy123, and you should also write LeonasKidsClub.com on the image. If you are a member of another site, for all images you upload to that site, write your username for that site on those pictures, along with that websites name.
You should also keep a note of all sites you join.
The scammers will not be able to use your pics if you do this, as obviously they will not be able to join the same sites as you with the same username you use. They cannot join another site with your picture as your picture has the website name on it along with your username. |
| Scam Alerts |
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24th May 2009 at 12.17 |
Adult community sites are being filled with fake adverts and users of community sites that want to contact people with the intention of tricking them out of their money, creditcard details and sometimes their lives. This is called scamming, and eventhough it is mainly done on community sites for adults, it may soon be coming to childrens community sites, as because of warnings like these, most adults know what to look out for and know the warning signs in an email from the scammers. The scammers will need a new target which may be children as they are easier to be scammed than adults. They may not ask for money, but they may ask you to send them gifts, which they will then sell to make some money.
If someone emails you and their language is poor and the email does not make sense, they may be a scammer as most scam emails come from Africa and they use translation software to write their emails, as they cannot speak english. This results in poorly written letters.
If they start asking you to send them gifts, they are probably a scammer.
If this happens, you should not reply to them. Instead you must print out their emails including headers and give to the FBI or your local police. |
| Leonas Kids Club Safety Warning |
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24th May 2009 at 11.49 |
Joining an online community site to find new friends may seem an exciting idea, but you must be aware of the dangers of placing your details online.
Most people who use internet community sites are harmless, however, there are a group of people that visit childrens community sites pretending that they themselves are children when they are infact adults, usually men, who pretend to be children so that they can chat with and arrange to meet young children. These people are dangerous, as they try to meet up with children to kidnap, abuse or even murder them. This is not meant to scare you, this is meant to protect you.
This site is monitored and we do everything we can to ensure members are genuine, but this is not always possible, so there are steps you can take to protect your self online.
1. Never use your real full name on websites
2. Never give out your address or telephone number
3. Never tell people where you go to school or college
4. Never tell people where you hang out or go to play
5. If someone asks you to tell them intimate details about yourself, or send them pictures of yourself undressed, do not reply to them. Report them to the owner of whichever website they contacted you through. If you do have emails from them, print them out including the header information, as these can be passed to the FBI or local police station. But the main thing you must do is inform your parents, and the main thing you must not do, is reply to the person or give them what they want.
6. Never arrange to meet someone you meet online. If you do believe the person is genuine, take your parenst with you to meet them, and meet in a public place. Never arrange to meet at their home or somewhere that there will not be many people around.
By following these simple rules you can protect yourself and help protect other children from these predators. Be sensible, be safe. |
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