Dont flirt with just anyone you meet online. Flirting is fun. No doubt about it. Especially with a cutie. But when you’re in a chat room or on IM you never know who you’re really chatting with. Sam the hot 15-year-old you think you’re flirting with might really be Ernie the creepy 47-year-old perv.

You have a powerful weapon—your gut. It's your best way of knowing when something is wrong. Keep the profile of a pervert in mind when you're talking to someone in a chat room or IM. Don’t trust anybody you don’t know personally. And ask lots of questions. If someone seems like a pervert, they probably are.

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Block and report users who send inappropriate messages and/or photos.

Never have a private face-to-face meeting with some one you've met online. If you want to meet an online friend that you don't know, make sure you take an adult with you. (It sucks, but it's the only safe way.) If it's a pervert in disguise, they probably won't show up.