In the ever growing age of social media, the challenges faced by fraternal organizations are not always as apparent as one might think. Recently, MSNBC reported that numerous sororities in the south have been hit by a rash of what can most accurately be called cyber stalking. In these incidents, an individual passing as a sorority member by using a fake Facebook account complete with photos and names of current sorority members, contacts pledges and begins to inquire about the pledges' background under the guise of rush related activities.
These questions begin innocently enough, and continue via Facebook over a period of days or weeks until the imposter begins to request more personal information and photographs. Ultimately these requests turn to an explicit nature, in which the pledge is asked to pose in various states of undress. If a pledge protests, the imposter continues to push, suggesting that failure to comply with the requests will result in the pledge's disqualification from the rush process.
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