My Personal Rants and Raves Journal

Everyone knows how big of a problem stalking is but what you don't know is that cyber stalking is becoming just as big of a problem. Did you know that there was a survey done that states that one million women and 371 thousand men are stalked yearly in the United States?

So what is cyber stalking? It is similar to stalking offline but not quite the same. It is basically where someone uses electronic communication media to harass you, threaten you, bully you or try their best to intimidate you, their victim.

The communication media that they might use can include email, websites, forums, newsgroups, instant messaging and anything else that is online.

You will know when you have someone cyber stalking you because they use a large variety of techniques to harass you or their other victims. You may find that you start receiving hostile and unwelcome or unwanted emails.

The key word is unwanted. If you feel uneasy about the contact someone is giving to you they may very