serious problem, my sister is terrified?

Question

ok well its kinda a long story
my lil sis, who is not so lil , 16, came into my room almost in tears.
she said that a few months ago she strted talking to this girl on imvu and they got real good friends. and then one day this girl said she could have her sisters account cos her sister said she was too old.
my sister, lets call her... ann, was thrilled. but she logged on today and got a horrible message off a girl lets call her....fran. then fran and a friend invited her to chat and were being really nasty to her asking why she hacked fran. but my sister didnt and tried to tell them but they just tried to blackmail her into giving up the account by saying they would tell everyone she was a hacker, report her and send her to jail. could this even happen, jail i mean?
but my sister said she didnt want to give up the avi as she didnt believe this girl fran. the girl my sister became friends with told my sister loads of things about fran and they're all true but yet fran claims she doesnt even know this girl, even though they're friends.
so my sister came crying to me absolutely terrified she was going to go to jail for something she didnt do and told me she has no idea who to believe and what to do but has just blocked these 2 users so far.

please does anybody have any advice?
i would really really appreciate it

Answer 1

perhaps your sister should be monitored better. she sounds more like 12 than 16. i'm not quite understanding what she's all stressing for or feels she needs to do anything. just block and report

Answer 2

I had a bad experience with IMVU. Although it's a fun chatting program (because of the avatars), there's always people who are trying to mess around with you. I once chatted with a supposed 14-year old boy (i was 14 as well) and we started talking on Windows live messenger and then he sent me a picture of his penis almost immediately. I deleted my IMVU afterwards. Chatting with strangers online is pretty dangerous and if Ann developed a supposedly "good" relationship with this girl, then her "friend" should know better than to set her up that way. 1.Ann should cut off with that girl, or change her account. 2. Ann won't be going to jail because they can't pull up her contacts unless she writes her life story on her profile; and It would only be a felony if she took money from the account. 3. What fran did is Cyberbullying, and Ann can report her. Finally, she should move on. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

LOL. That is a lot. I have an imvu but I dnt use it much. No way shes going to jail. Tell her its perfectly fine. Its btter than sum1 stealing your avi like wat happen 2 me b4 lol, but I got it bck. Make sure she doesnt give out her pass 2 any1. I wouldnt even want the avi with every1 thinking Im some mean devil lol. My suggestion is to not use the other girls avi, she obviously was not a very nice person 2 every1. I would just send her credz to the avi that I use. She doesnt need to cry, ltr on shell think y in the heck was I crying over a virtual world 4. Its not my life lol.

Answer 4

I do not know what country you are from, but in the US you cannot simply accuse someone as being a hacker and have them charged. In fact it is often very difficult to charge someone who did hack a system with trespass, braking and entering or other crimes that can be related to computers because reliable proof is needed and realiable proof is extreamly hard to get with computer crime cases. Someone can claim that someone killed another person, but without proof that could convince a jury beyond reasonable doubt, it is only an accusation. With that being said, if your sister did not hack that computer you may have a good case against the person who is spreading the rumer, it is called slander or libel if it is written. If these romurs hurt your sisters reputation and causes her any damages you may be able to sue the people spreading the lies. In any case, you should probably talk to your parents.

Answer 5

I don't think she can go to jail over it but no matter how much trouble your sister will be in, she needs to tell a trusted adult. They will be able to put an end to it and possibly get the other girls account terminated. IMVU will probably be able to track the conversations and find the truth and your parents or other trusted adult will be able to report the girls. Hope this helps. ^_^

Answer 6

No one can take someone to jail without proofs. Taking to jail for hacking a simple e-mail? no way.

Just in case she should save those conversations she had in case someone tries to bother her telling she said something she didn't.



Your sister should change her e-mail account and just share her e-mail address to those she really trust and ask them beforehand not to share her new e-mail address to someone else and that if they share it remember to who they give it so she will have at least an idea of who could be trying to threat her or something like that.



Tell her not to worry and remind her that maybe just a couple of childish girls want to bother her and just a stupid person can assume things without proofs. If she didn't do it then she must feel free of guilty :)



Good luck!

Answer 7

Tell your sister to stop all communication with these people. Secondly, she needs to understand that these people are not friends. They are names on the internet. At age 16 nothing is gonna happen. They are trying to intimidate her into giving up something. This is the problem with the internet. I'm willing to bet these people are much older & are trying to manipulate her. She needs to shut it down & use the computer in a way it was meant for. Research & entertainment, not relationships. Again, no one on the net is a friend.

Answer 8

she cant go to jail. tell her to go and get a new account. its not good to have someones old one as things like this happen. they are probably just some mean bitches out thre with nothing better to do, but your best bet is to convince her to change accounts, make her own. and maybe not talk to the girl she only met on the net, who knows if she was the one who hacked into the account to get it or she was in trouble with those girls or something.

Answer 9

Tell your sister that everything will be fine.

She would never go to jail for something like that.

If something as juvenile as this went to court, it would be thrown out straight away.

Just block this Fran person and carry on as normal.

Answer 10

No she can not go to jail and no she should not give up the name since it was given to her. What she should do is put the two girls on ignore and let them say what they want.

Answer 11

no she cant because they cant prove it besides the system kets them check where the account has been accesed on which part so they would check that she actually hacked in its a very serious thing to be a hacker and they actaully investigate before drawing concluions

Answer 12

I would unblock them and next time they email or im her, print it out and give it to her school's principal (if the people emailing her go to the same school). If they don't and she did not do anything bad go to the police and give it to them. It's cyber bullying and they can get in serious trouble if they threaten or do something really mean.



- Hope this helps

Answer 13

I would just block the people who were being nasty and talk to the good friend she made to see whats going on

Answer 14

sounds to me this is online bullying, i am 13 years old, i have been through this,

i know how your sister is feeling,

if i was here i would either give them back the account, or just delete it,

and make a new one,

im sorry to hear your sister was in such a state over it

tell her not to let it get to her, they are just pathetic little girls

who have nothing better to do with themselves.

Answer 15

she can't go to jail for that and the police wouldn't even care. Tell her to just change the password on the account and never use it again.

Answer 16

It will be ok, just relax block them from your computer, run a virus scan. Just keep calm and i tell you what i always do in trouble times is pray to God he loves you and wants to hear from you. Keep calm. God Bless



p.s. never tell anyone secrets that you don't want people to know

Answer 17

its a website! she will NOT go to jail over it.



i suggest she moves on if she doesn't even know any of these people in real life.



they have a better chance of going to jail for threatening her and blackmailing her.

Answer 18

Tell her to give up the account even though she wants it and tell her just to make her own. i dont believe she can go to jail especially since thes girls dont know her name or where she lives. tell her to calm down and ignore it

Answer 19

Let them contact authority, no one can blame them for thinking she hacked it. Once the authorities know, it can easily be sorted out. The police can find and contact the person who gave her the account, it's easy and simple. And, as long as she has her password and user name, it is not hacking.

Answer 20

if you dont want to make this a serious deal tell ur sister she NEEDs to give it up no matter how friendly the girl was..then report the other girls for threatening her..tell the mods on the site..u dont want to make this a serious matter

Answer 21

Tell your sissy to just block the jerks, and no, she can't go to federal prison for looking like she hacked a stupid website account. =P

Answer 22

WELL TELL YOU SIS TO TELL FRAN TO STFP...BECAUSE YOU CONT GET ARRESTED FOR HACKING IMVU! I HAD ONE MYSELF SO THATS BOGAS TELL YOUR SIS TO IGNORE FRAN AND HAVE FUN IMVU IS A GREAT WAY TO COMMUNICATE..I SOUND LIKE A COMMERCIAL AD EHAHAHA

Answer 23

Cops can always check IP addresses of computers. Each computer has its own IP address. If your sister didn't do anything she should be okay, even if it was her account. IP addresses never lie!!!

Answer 24

it's imvu its just bored people iming eachother as VIRTUAL PEOPLE the only jail she'll end up in is a virtual one

Answer 25

chill out she ain't going to jail they are just messing with her just don't get on the account anymore

Answer 26

she aint gonna go to jjail for something this rediculuos.....just ttellherto give up the account wats the biggie?

Answer 27

I at least know she can't go to jail for that.

Answer 28

She won't go to jail.

However, blackmail IS illegal, you can take people to the cops for blackmail.

Answer 29

Tell her not to be afraid nothing is going to happen to her .

Answer 30

tell the popo and report them for black mail

Answer 31

she can't go to jail for that its not her fault

Answer 32

you didn't actually hack their is no evidence of it BUT if all else fails blow up your computer

Answer 33

yeah i just called the cops on her

Answer 34

just tell here

Answer 35

nothing will happen.

Answer 36

no not jail its just imvu and she is innocent so...........................