Can a person press charges for an unwanted email sent to them?
My friend signed up this one annoying girl for adult friend finder account under her email. She got some emails from a 44 year old lesbian. The girls mom said that she would press charges if she found out who sent it. Is this possible and what are the charges?
Tagged with: adult friend finder • email • girls • mom
Filed under: Internet software
Child endangerment. Contributing to the delinquency of a minor. There are also numerous federal charges because it was done via computer.
it depends, if your friend said she was 18 or over then no, but if she never said that then yes
Is your friend under 18? and did the emails have obvious wrong intentions? if so, yeah, you can press charges, i think thats pretty obvious. if the 44 year old was blackmailing your friend, then her mom could charge her for blackmailing, obviously. im sure theres more but thats all i can think of. If its just a few, harmless emails saying "Hi", i dont believe you can press charges. but what do i know, im only a teenager.
Adult networking sites ask you to swear under penalty of law that you are at least eighteen when you sign up. The 44 year old woman had no way of knowing that the ad was fraudulent and is therefore not liable. However, the person who created the fake ad could be, since he agreed to a legal contract in someone else’s name. In other words, he committed fraud. If he is under 18, I doubt he can get into too much trouble. If over 18, there could be some serious legal action against him. Check with a lawyer and leave the poor lesbian woman alone.