Clinton, My true ID, address and phone number were found very easily by someone about a year ago and it made me very careful ever since. I have given my real first name both here and in the Pal Talk Mudcat room but I will go no further. If that is seen as cowardly, then so be it. I do not flame but I am a single female and live in a remote area. I know that it is unlikely that there would be any more of a problem in cyber space than in real space but why add to the chances? As for stastics, I doubt that it would be possible to obtain accurate ones. I do know of several females that learned the same way I did to be much more careful about the information they allowed on the internet.