Mobile Phone Safety
People who sexually offend against children and young people sometimes use mobile phones to try and meet up with them, or encourage them to send photographs of themselves.
Do not respond to text messages from people who you don’t know.
Do not be encouraged to send photographs of yourself to anyone you don’t know or trust via photo messaging. They could be forwarded to paedophiles, sexual offenders or posted on the Internet.
Try and make arrangements to meet up with friends by speaking on the telephone, rather than text messaging. Mobile phones sometimes get lost or stolen. If it falls into the hands of a sexual offender, he may send text messages to the friends in the address book of the phone, arranging to meet up with them.
Chatting on your mobile phone or texting, when you are out alone, means that you will be less aware of what is going on around you, and less likely to spot any dangers.