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Scared26

Member since
January 2026

5 posts

Hi all

im new here. Scared of writing things down and saying it out loud. Wanted to hear about others experiences of these "random" chat rooms? How did your persons end up being caught - were they regular chat users eg Chat IW ? From what I hear- a lot of people are caught out by decoys eg asking men to move onto other chat platforms I.e move from random chat sites over to things like KIK/whatsapp so they can be traced more quickly?



thanks for listening x

Posted Mon January 5, 2026 9:47amReport post

Poppop

Member since
September 2023

95 posts

Hi

My son was caught on app called wink



It was on WhatsApp soon after



He got caught by vilante decoy

Posted Mon January 5, 2026 1:44pmReport post

Poppy2323

Member since
June 2025

42 posts

Hi pop pop my oh got caught by them as yours been sorted we just been to magistrates today and their sent case to crown on the 28th December could this mean prison xx

Posted Mon January 5, 2026 8:46pmReport post

Poppop

Member since
September 2023

95 posts

Hi poppy

Have u been to Crown court yet ?

My son got 2 yrs suspended sentence, already done a year

Community service ,already done

10 Yrs sor and shipo,these is the hard bit

Horizon course,started

Posted Tue January 6, 2026 8:19amReport post

Scared26

Member since
January 2026

5 posts

Hi both poppy/popop



what happened in your cases then - what was the story?

Posted Tue January 6, 2026 11:42amReport post

Poppop

Member since
September 2023

95 posts

Hi scared26

My son was commucation with two vilantes decoys

Sexcuall photo sent

He case was dealt with at Crown Court

Posted Wed January 7, 2026 12:57pmReport post

Scared26

Member since
January 2026

5 posts

Thanks popop



so were these images that he sent or received? Was this in the chatroom or did he use a messaging service?

Posted Wed January 7, 2026 2:32pmReport post

Poppop

Member since
September 2023

95 posts

Message service

Posted Wed January 7, 2026 5:08pmReport post

Holdingthegrenade

Member since
June 2024

300 posts

Mine was caught on kik

but I suspect it started on general social media apps where he was then introduced to other sites.....

he had tried to delete apps and come off social media in the past/run up to being caught. Was arrested for conversations with decoy and later found images (no trace where from).
it's possible he was lured elsewhere to be trapped as you suggest....but I think in our case it's more likely it was an attempt to cover his tracks or genuinely quit his risky behaviour. Just my opinion; but they've got to be looking at some dodgy content or risky search criteria to end up in this situation and for us to be on this forum.


Im a social media and messaging person, I've watched streamed stuff before, I've shared photos using messaging & am a regular internet shopper and never come across this stuff. I don't think it's hard to find....but you've still got to be looking in certain areas to find the breadcrumbs.

Often it's used to catch out lonely young men or those with learning difficulties or neurodiverse who don't fully understand the risk or have the ability to read the situations. The education needs to be around how high risk anything like this is and to avoid all avenues that can lead to this behaviour....but easier said than done.

Posted Thu January 8, 2026 12:45pm
Edited Thu January 8, 2026 12:49pmReport post

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