It's feared a Hunter Valley schoolgirl may have been the target of a cyber groomer masquerading as the global pop star Justin Bieber.
The 11-year-old girl's mother "Amy" says a person pretending to be the pop star tried to lure her daughter through a social media website, promising to visit her school and home.
There were 240 messages between the pair in a four hour period.
Police have been informed and "Amy" says she's thankful another girl raised the alarm.
"She certainly wasn't telling any adults about what she was doing and then once she got caught out she was quite cranky with the other girl for dobbing her in," she said.
"She was giving out photos, she was giving out addresses."
"The other girl even uploaded a video of herself and sent it to this bloke and so he certainly would have known who they were to spot them out, she told them which school they went to and they just weren't in any fear of giving out any information really."
Detective Inspector Michael Haddow from the Police Sex Crimes Squad says it is a disturbing incident.
"Certainly my immediate reaction as a parent as well as a police officer is obviously in Amy's case her worst fears have been realised in terms of what her child has been exposed to online," he said.
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