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As an underage teen, she was exploited by a sexual predator online. Then he came after her in the real world
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When Sarah Cooper was 15 and got a Facebook request from a male stranger, she breezily accepted it, guessing he was a friend of a friend or that he’d just found her randomly.
They connected over music. They chatted about friends, what they ate, and how she loved to read.
After she turned 18 in 2015, he asked to meet her in person. As soon as she saw him, she knew something didn’t add up: He looked a lot older than he’d let on — closer to 40 than 18.
This man was no friend, Sarah soon discovered. He was a sexual predator — an enterprising one — grooming Sarah by patiently playing a long game on Facebook until she was no longer a minor and he’d gained her trust.
Read the full story in the Globe Magazine.
Survivor Sarah Cooper’s road map for keeping kids safe from online predators.
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