Eventually, the girl told her parents, who called local police, and they contacted the Attorney General's office. There are hundreds of Internet teenage chat rooms, and they are easy to get into. Nnationwide, one in five regular Internet users aged 10 to 17 was solicited for sex last year, according to investigators. The FBI's cyber-molester unit investigated 1,500 separate cases in 1999. The Attorney General's office is actively investigating cyber-predators.
Citizens can use the Internet to alert the investigators about possible crimes.
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