Stalkers have beaten, raped and murdered the people they stalked. Take a stalker's threats seriously. Very often, battered women are stalked by their abusers, especially if they try to end the relationship. Most often, stalking involves people who were once in a romantic relationship, but sometimes people stalk strangers or acquaintances. Stalkers can be white or black, rich or poor, employed or unemployed.
Most stalkers are men, but women stalk, too.
The best way to tell whether someone might stalk you is the way he or she acts. If you do not move, use a post office box instead of a street address. Give your new address to as few people as possible, and don't forward your mail. If someone is stalking you, call the police or go to the police station and make a report. Ask them to write down what they heard or saw and give you a copy.