I would not be so quick to say that it is happening more often, obviously the media loves to blow things out of proportion -- however it IS easier for someone to build a fake and 'inconspicuous' identity on the internet, than it is in real life.
Consider a 30 year old pedophile (paedophile, sp?) dressing up like a 14 year old and walking around down town trying to pick little children up? Not going to work as well as, a 30 year old pervert just changing his age from 30 to 15 in his personal info.
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I would not be so quick to say that it is happening more often, obviously the media loves to blow things out of proportion -- however it IS easier for someone to build a fake and 'inconspicuous' identity on the internet, than it is in real life. Consider a 30 year old pedophile (paedophile, sp?) dressing up like a 14 year old and walking around down town trying to pick little children up? Not going to work as well as, a 30 year old pervert just changing his age from 30 to 15 in his personal info.