'I'll tape you to the bed': Paedophile preys on a 12-year-old girl and sends her explicit messages on a video game played by thousands of Australian kids... so is your child at risk?
- Mandy Newcombe says paedophile sent vulgar messages to her daughter Holly
- Holly, 12, was playing Roblox when she was approached by the man in December
- Ms Newcombe said the man threatened to hurt Holly and track down her house
A horrified mother has claimed a paedophile sent vulgar messages to her 12-year-old daughter while she played popular online game Roblox.
Mandy Newcombe, from Adelaide, said the man began sending inappropriate and terrifying messages to her daughter Holly in December, threatening to take her clothes off and tape her to the bed.
'You're a pre-teen?' he asked Holly, Ms Newcombe told 9News.
'Well, Ima stick my d*** up your p**,' he continued, appeared to misspell words to get around the gaming app's filters.
![Mandy Newcombe, an Adelaide mother, has claimed a paedophile sent inappropriate and terrifying messages to her daughter Holly, 12, while she played popular online game Roblox](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/05/02/05/4BC0EA3300000578-5681057-image-a-1_1525235273166.jpg)
Mandy Newcombe, an Adelaide mother, has claimed a paedophile sent inappropriate and terrifying messages to her daughter Holly, 12, while she played popular online game Roblox
![The mother said Holly (pictured) rang her in tears and quickly screenshot the man's messages.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/05/02/09/4BC2CF0F00000578-5681057-image-a-7_1525249630561.jpg)
The mother said Holly (pictured) rang her in tears and quickly screenshot the man's messages.
Ms Newcombe said the man also told Holly he could track down where she lives and asked the 12-year-old if she knew was a child predator was.
The mother said Holly rang her in tears and quickly screenshot the man's messages.
Ms Newcombe said despite multiple complaints to Roblox, the man remained active online for months.
Roblox told 9News it 'should have done more' and has since 'issued a permenant ban on the player in question.'
In October, Sydney mum Shannon Mitchell, 45, said her 10-year-old daughter was approached by a paedophile on Roblox.
She said she didn't initially think anything of letting her daughter use the chat feature on the simulated reality game to talk with school friends, but became concerned when the young girl began using sexual terms she obviously didn't know the meaning of.
'She started coming out with all these things like, 'I want to put my penis in your vagina. I want to lick your p***y. I want to sleep with you',' she told Daily Mail Australia.
'It was things you don't expect your 10-year-old child to come and say to you.'
![Ms Newcombe said the man threatened to take Holly's clothes off and tape her to the bed](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/05/02/05/4BC0EA2B00000578-5681057-image-a-3_1525235284124.jpg)
Ms Newcombe said the man threatened to take Holly's clothes off and tape her to the bed
'I was quite shocked to begin with and then it turned to anger and then it turned to tears because her innocence was shattered.'
After questioning her, Mrs Mitchell said her daughter admitted she'd seen them on Roblox.
Mrs Mitchell said she immediately checked her iPad and discovered explicit messages, in which her daughter had mentioned she was 10-years-old.
'She knows about the birds and the bees but that's the extent of it – she hasn't been subject to that kind of talk, that kind of conversation.'
Mrs Mitchell said she deleted the Roblox app and discussed internet safety with her daughter.
![Roblox, which is aimed at children starting from the age of eight, has 64 million users a month](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/05/02/05/4BC0EA2F00000578-5681057-image-a-4_1525235288643.jpg)
Roblox, which is aimed at children starting from the age of eight, has 64 million users a month
Roblox, which is aimed at children starting from the age of eight, has 64 million users a month.
Concerns were first raised about the game last year when a British father claimed he was propositioned by paedophiles within 15 minutes of playing the game on his eight-year-old son's account.
According to the eSafety Commissioner, Roblox has two chat modes – for children under the age of 13 and for teens above.
'When a user under the age of 13 signs up with their correct birth date, they are automatically put in this mode. Parents may transition their child to the next mode via the account settings.'
Abuse can be reported on the game's app in the 'report' tab under account settings.
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