October 26, 2025 • 2 mins
If you're looking to distance yourself or others from criminal activities, consider these steps:
- *Seek support*: Reach out to trusted friends, family, or professionals for guidance and encouragement.
- *Identify triggers*: Reflect on the factors that led to involvement in criminal activities and develop strategies to avoid them.
- *Find alternative opportunities*: Explore legitimate ways to earn a living, such as education, job training, or entrepreneurship.
- *Build a positive network*: Surround yourself with people who support and encourage positive choices.
- *Report incidents*: If you're aware of criminal activities, consider reporting them to the authorities.
If you're looking for resources or support, there are organizations and hotlines available to help. Do you need more information on resources or support services?
- *Seek support*: Reach out to trusted friends, family, or professionals for guidance and encouragement.
- *Identify triggers*: Reflect on the factors that led to involvement in criminal activities and develop strategies to avoid them.
- *Find alternative opportunities*: Explore legitimate ways to earn a living, such as education, job training, or entrepreneurship.
- *Build a positive network*: Surround yourself with people who support and encourage positive choices.
- *Report incidents*: If you're aware of criminal activities, consider reporting them to the authorities.
If you're looking for resources or support, there are organizations and hotlines available to help. Do you need more information on resources or support services?
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well, the question was I blocked her immediately? Well, I
went on long and to find out what to do,
and there was a company called Digital Forensics Corporation that
said they could help with this situation. And I was
wondering if Kim had any knowledge of them, if they
were a legitimate company, And.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
So what is your what's your goal? Is your goal
to try to get the pictures back? Joe?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
No? I everything that I was told, they say, do
not pay, because once you pay, yeah, then they have everything.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
But I mean, why are you reaching out for some
company to where you're going to pay them for help?
I mean, what's what's the endgame.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
To not let the pictures be released?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Okay, but you already took you said you took the
pictures off the internet of somebody else.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
They're not you. So what are you worried about?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Well, because they said rectation by sending because she had
access to my list on Facebook.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Okay, all right, so okay, so here here's here's the thing. Okay,
So so let's just let's just cut to the chase.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Number one, nobody should ever send anything to anybody on Facebook,
especially not a stranger. Okay, And now that you she
could have now she has or he whoever it is,
they have the ability to put together a couple of
pictures and then send them out to everybody on your
friend's list.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Or take a picture of the chat where you sent
the pictures as to and then that this was me.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
And meanwhile, you thought you were going to be just
meeting some hottie and now they want money. So my
recommendation would be is to close down the Facebook account.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Yeah, because then they can't tag you, right, And if
they can't tag you, then your friends won't be able
to see it in their feed or anything like that.
So they may post it, but it's just going to
be posting all the other guys that they're scamming exactly.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
But you're not gonna have to worry about your mom right. Oh,
it looks a little different than when I saw it
last Okay, all right, so I think we ought to
take a moment here. Andrew and Joe, thanks for your call.
Don't hire another company.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Don't do that.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Just go ahead and remove your Facebook account if you
want to start another one up at some point, just
you know, instead of being Joe in La Be, you know,
Joey hottie in Houston, Maybe that would be it. Okay,
so number one red flag. Yeah. Woman reaches out to
you on Facebook
Well, the question was I blocked her immediately? Well, I
went on long and to find out what to do,
and there was a company called Digital Forensics Corporation that
said they could help with this situation. And I was
wondering if Kim had any knowledge of them, if they
were a legitimate company, And.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
So what is your what's your goal? Is your goal
to try to get the pictures back? Joe?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
No? I everything that I was told, they say, do
not pay, because once you pay, yeah, then they have everything.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
But I mean, why are you reaching out for some
company to where you're going to pay them for help?
I mean, what's what's the endgame.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
To not let the pictures be released?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Okay, but you already took you said you took the
pictures off the internet of somebody else.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
They're not you. So what are you worried about?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Well, because they said rectation by sending because she had
access to my list on Facebook.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Okay, all right, so okay, so here here's here's the thing. Okay,
So so let's just let's just cut to the chase.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Number one, nobody should ever send anything to anybody on Facebook,
especially not a stranger. Okay, And now that you she
could have now she has or he whoever it is,
they have the ability to put together a couple of
pictures and then send them out to everybody on your
friend's list.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Or take a picture of the chat where you sent
the pictures as to and then that this was me.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
And meanwhile, you thought you were going to be just
meeting some hottie and now they want money. So my
recommendation would be is to close down the Facebook account.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Yeah, because then they can't tag you, right, And if
they can't tag you, then your friends won't be able
to see it in their feed or anything like that.
So they may post it, but it's just going to
be posting all the other guys that they're scamming exactly.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
But you're not gonna have to worry about your mom right. Oh,
it looks a little different than when I saw it
last Okay, all right, so I think we ought to
take a moment here. Andrew and Joe, thanks for your call.
Don't hire another company.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Don't do that.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Just go ahead and remove your Facebook account if you
want to start another one up at some point, just
you know, instead of being Joe in La Be, you know,
Joey hottie in Houston, Maybe that would be it. Okay,
so number one red flag. Yeah. Woman reaches out to
you on Facebook
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