11 September 2021

Paedophile Hunter or Child Snare?

 I recently came across this Instagram account (https://www.instagram.com/pedo_hunter343/) that initially appears to be doing the right thing but when I thought about it a little more it could just as likely be a trap to lure in gullible children. Looking through the list of connections I see a lot of what appear to be children.s accounts. There are no contact details on the account, and no verification. Therefore that makes it an unknown and highly suspect. If this account is indeed genuine then it needs to be verified and approved by the police somehow. As it stands it should be considered a very dangerous trap for children.

Part of the advice on the account is to call the police. This may just be to make the account look genuine. The dangerous part is asked a child to contact the account first.

I have reported it to Instagram. It is up to them to verify the account holder in the proper way.

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