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Help > Safety Guide
The internet and community/chat
sites like ours are great resources, but there will
always people on them with bad intentions. Please
read our tips and guidelines on this page to help you
stay safe from identity theft, hacking, cyber stalking,
harassment, bullying and internet predators.
Your Age
You must be aged 16 or over to use face-pic, if you are
under 16 don't use this website. If you find
any profiles of members under 16 please use the link at
the bottom of this page to contact us.
Your Personal
Information
Never post on the web or give
out in chat rooms information that can be used to
identify you such as your real name, address, mobile or
home number, school or work place. This also
applies to your photos, make sure things such as your
house number, car registration or school name or work
place can not
be seen in any of your pictures. Be sure to check
your email address does not contain personal
information such as the name of where you work or
study. If it does get another email account such
as Hotmail
Your Passwords
Never give out any of your
passwords to anyone, even your friends. We will
never ask you for it and be suspicious of anyone who
does. There are always new scams being thought up
to try and trick you out of your information so be
wary, especially if its concerning your bank details or
other financial information. No ISP, bank or web
service will ever ask you for passwords or other
details in an email or instant message. Make sure
your passwords can't be guessed easily, always use
combinations of letters and numbers.
Chat Rooms
The chat rooms on face-pic are not
constantly monitored. If you enter our chat rooms
you could exposed to conversations that you may find
offensive. If you are unsure do not enter our
chat rooms. The same common rules apply in chat,
do not give out any personal information to strangers.
Other People
Its very easy to lie on the
internet. Just because someone says they are a
cute, young 18 year old doesn't mean they are.
It's also very easy to post fake pictures and even fake
videos. If someone looks to good to be true, they
probably are.
Never send money or get
involved in financial transactions with strangers
So you have been chatting to
someone for months, your good friends and now they ask
you to send money for their flight to meet you/school
fees/(insert any reason that need cash).
Don't send the money or you will be another scam
victim. If someone asks you to help transfer
money, don't do it.
Meeting People
We don't recommend meeting
people you have only chatted to online. If you do
want to meet someone you have only ever chatted to
online, make sure you do the following:
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Tell someone else where you
are going, what time and for how long.
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Always meet in a very public
place and only during the day time.
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Always take at least one friend with
you.
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If you think the other
person is lying or you are unsure about anything
walk away.
Bullying and Harassment
Often the best thing to do is
ignore the person as they are just trying to get a
reaction from you. If its happening on this site,
you can block their profile to prevent them from
messaging you. Most other websites, chat rooms
and email systems have ways of blocking people.
If the harassment is continuing use the link at the
bottom of this page to contact us.
Spam and Junk Email
The best thing to do is delete
them. If you are getting spam in your face-pic
Inbox use the link at the bottom of this page to
contact us and we will investigate it. If its
along the lines of making lots of money fast, delete
it.
Keep your computer safe
Make sure you have adequate
anti-virus and firewall protection on your
computer. Never download anything from the
internet without them.
Question everything
Don't just accept information
you are presented with. Is this girl who wants to
see you on web cam but she won't show herself for
real? Is the man from Nigeria who needs your help
transferring his dead fathers millions for real?
Does the email your bank sent really need to confirm
all your banking and online password for real? Does the
person claiming to be a face-pic admin asking for your
face-pic or email password for real? In all these
examples the answer is NO.
Be respectful to others
Treat other members with the
same respect you expect from them. Face-pic does
not tolerate our members disrespecting others,
bullying, harassment, hacking, spamming, identity theft
or fraud.
Final words
Be responsible while you are
online and don't do anything that makes you
uncomfortable. Remember people who you chat to
online are strangers. If you are having a problem
with someone on this site, use the link at the bottom
of this page to tell us about it. If you ever
feel in real danger from someone online then go direct
to your local
authorities.
Contact Face-Pic
To get in
contact with us please click here.
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