Saturday, March 27, 2010

Domestic abuse victim?

I am contacted to help out in a domestic abuse case recently. It's not that I have anything to do with law enforcement; but my friend just thought that I may be helpful. I met up with my client a few days ago. A beautiful lady, but obviously looked exhausted. It turns out that she has been abused by the same online predator for many years. She moved back locally from the West coast to seek comfort and safety at her parents house. But he did not leave her alone. S, my client, is definitely scared, and helpless. This is not her first time asking for help.

Over two years ago, S knew about J. J's been her friend for quite sometime, until he turns more and more obsessed with her. She moved a few times to run away from his invasive behavior. J always tracked her down. He hired professional online criminal to trace S. He payed for corrupted telephone employee to get a hold on S's phone call records. He has the money, the time, and the persistence to always successfully reveal where S is hiding.

S seeks help from local law enforcement before. But since J has residency in more than one State, local law enforcement does not even try to hunt down someone not in their jurisdiction, let alone wasting all their resources and time. Besides, he always have somebody else do the dirty work for him. And he always tried to remain anonymous.

S moved here just nearly a week. For the first two days, she felt as if she's finally escaped J. No threatening phone calls, no strangers following her on the street, no emails, no messages. However, on the third day, things started to change. S got online using her brand new laptop at a local book store. Later that afternoon, she got an email from J telling her he knows exactly where she is, and that it's about time she come back to him. Feared, lost, helpless and hopeless, she did not know what to do. That's when she ran into my friend. He agreed to help out. Later that night, he gave me a call.

We spend the whole day with S, going through every single thing of her life. It seems like J still does not know exactly where she is, just yet. He relies on possibly a few online criminals to trace S down from the malwares already infected her flash drive, which reports her location and allow for remote access to S computers. But luckily, S does not use the internet at home. She's still safe, for now, until J has other methods to pin-point her exact location.

My friend and I spend the next few days develop a new "life-style" for S. Starting from daily activities, to online behavior. We are trying to cut off the guys sent to track S down. But that's not all. We are playing offense this time! Good luck J.

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