CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A single father says what started as an harmless dialog on social media turned perilous when he started receiving threats of violence and demise.
Logan Lunsford was not too long ago on Fb when somebody who claimed to be one other single mother or father reached out to him. Lunsford initially believed the particular person may need been in search of a pal, WXIX reviews.
“At first, I felt sorry for the man,” Lunsford stated. “Then, it simply hastily modified.”
Lunsford, who lives in Clermont County, Ohio, was contacted by an individual Wednesday night time on Fb who claimed to even be a single father from Cincinnati.
“I relate to that lots, and I do know that it’s exhausting as a single father to make associates,” he stated. “And so, I held a dialog with him.”
Lunsford says the tone of the dialog modified on a dime.
“It turned actually shortly into him speaking about his daughter and mainly making an attempt to trade my daughter and his daughter for sexual solicitation,” he stated.
Lunsford’s daughter is 5 years outdated. The particular person messaging him claimed to have a daughter youthful than her.
Lunsford says he couldn’t imagine his eyes when the messages began coming in.
“I simply... I’ve by no means had something like this occur earlier than,” he stated. “I’m nonetheless surprised from it.”
The messages saved coming, even after Lunsford refused the solicitation and instructed the particular person to depart him alone. In actual fact, they escalated.
“He threatened to mainly kill me, tie me up, power me to do it... I don’t know if it’s an actual particular person, somebody behind a masks. You by no means know with social media who it may actually be,” he stated.
Lunsford contacted the Union Township Police Division.
Above all else, he desires different households to study the identical lesson as him: they need to watch out about what they submit on-line.
“I might say to attempt to make your profile as personal as potential. Make certain your profile image is of your self and simply lock down all of your different pictures, so solely your pals can see them, if you happen to’re going to submit pictures of your child,” Lunsford stated.
Following the incident, Lunsford says he’s reconsidering having any social media accounts.
“It’s actually exhausting to seek out out the place folks actually are today. They may say they’re overseas, they usually may very well be proper subsequent door to you,” he stated.