* Cybersex and Emotional Rape

One variety of cyberpath concentrates on "web sex", seducing their victims with words, engaging in "cyber sex" which may go so far as to involve using webcameras, webphones, or may be simply restricted to written communication. They may then utilize these interactions to shame and harass the victim. Quite often, these seductions include promises of love and eventual face to face meetings which never transpire. If they do actually meet their victims, and exploit them, it passes into a different category of activity.

The cyberpath who concentrates on "romancing" and "seducing" their victims have been known to inspire almost fanatical love and devotion in a whole series of individuals they never actually meet. It seems that the combination of "love bombing" combined with sexual excitement generated at a distance, has lasting emotional and psychological effects, in many respects even more devastating than an actual, physical love affair.  The sexual excitement induced by cyberpaths often has the same physiological 'bonding' results that actual sex would; at least for the victim.  Cyberpaths also use seduction techniques and hypnosis, trance and neurolinguistic programming methods to induce a feeling of 'connectedness' in their victims.

Many victims of cyberpaths may end up entering therapy as a result of their interactions which are often emotionally deep and psychologically profound. Many victims believe themselves to be flawed after an experience with a cyberpath.  PTSD which may last for months or years, is the most common problem victims are left with.

According to many reports, cyberpaths can do extreme psychological damage to those individuals they target. See: Emotional Rape. 

Gordon Bank's work, "Don Juan as Psychopath," ^[1] suggests that the cyberpath is mostly interested in playing tricks with his prey, almost in a playful way.  The relationship, the cybersex, the chat, the openness, the fraud, the mind-games: are all a game to the Cyberpath.  

Cyberpaths are predominantly male but can be female.

Cyberpath is the term used for predators looking for victims over the internet. It is true that we do not know who we are talking to on the other end of the computer and since the internet has become one of our most valuable communication tools the percentage of crime has increased by far. Do not trust profiles and do not trust what people "tell" you about themselves. Just as they will never know who you truly are you will really never know who they really are either.

There are no exceptions to becoming a victim of crime no matter how 'smart' or educated you are. Consumer Detective

 
"  When caught:  - Cyberpaths increasingly use a tactic I call "preemptive strike," where he accuses the target of doing all the things that he has done. (projection) 

- he will call his target a "predator too!"

- he will say things like: "it was just fooling around, nothing serious", "it was all a game", "everyone does it" and "THE TARGET DID IT TOO AND KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO" (this last statement is a blatant lie believed only by the cyberpath & their 'buddies')

- he will say that his victim(s) was harassing him and his friends/family, that she was extremely "controlling" (adopting the language of domestic violence experts; even calling the victim a 'predator, psychopath, cyberpath' and so on), that she's a 'terrorist' or a 'scorned woman' and that she was unfaithful and also at fault. He will accuse her of being a cheater or a sex addict."

 This sounds very familiar.  

* Sources:

http://enpsychopedia.org/index.php/Cyberpath

http://cyberpaths.blogspot.com/2007/03/some-of-inner-workings-of-cyberpath.html

For Further Reading Enjoyment

Blowing The Whistle on Cyberpaths

Overview of a Cyberpath

The Core of the Cyberpath

A Cyberpath: Predator, Narcissist

The Cyberpath: A Psychopath With Internet Access
[1]Some of the Inner Workings of a Cyberpath

Don Juan as Psychopath