The Cyber Crimes Task Force spends numerous hours in chat rooms and chat sites looking for predators and warning kids. Police say 10 women, 3 children found in local human trafficking operation The detective’s web cam is covered, but he can see other cameras from teens and even some children who look as young as 9-10 years old. “I guarantee you with a little bit of more talking easily could have a lot more information from her,” the detective said after the conversation. Within seconds, she volunteers information about what state she lives in. She responded by telling him to guess.Īfter guessing her age, the detective proceeds with more questions, and the teen answers. The detective’s identity is concealed because of his undercover work, but in the video you can hear him asking the girl’s age. In a video from the task force, you can hear a teen speaking with the detective. But only recently has it seen a spike in popularity as kids and young adults are using it to talk with strangers and connect with TikTok followers. With more students doing virtual learning, they say Omegle is attracting more kids and online predators.Ī detective with the Western Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force showed FOX4 how fast a teen could fall under the influence of an online predator. A popular online chat site has some metro law enforcement agencies in the metro on high alert right now. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.