Mobile phone bullying problems

Abusive mobile phone text messages are often sent through websites using the names and phone numbers of people who had nothing to do with the message but who were blamed for it. Cyberstalking is frightening and illegal and the people who do it are not as anonymous as they think. Be careful when giving out your telephone number. Mobile phones are relatively inexpensive and if you start getting abusive calls or text messages then it might be better to get another SIM card so that the bullies can't contact you. Keep a note of the times and dates of abusive messages. Don't reply to them or delete them but tell your parents so that they can make a complaint to the police. Many pupils are being targeted with cyber bullying in their own homes, by phone texts, silent calls, on instant messenger and by abusive websites and forums, which causes humiliation and embarrassment. Fortunately, no matter how careful the bully is to cover his/her tracks, there is no hiding place in cyberspace and the police can track their digital fingerprints down to an individual computer or mobile phone.