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| School warning over Facebook modelling offer | School warning over Facebook modelling offer |
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| The police are investigating claims that a number of school pupils in Belfast have been contacted by a man on Facebook offering modelling work. | The police are investigating claims that a number of school pupils in Belfast have been contacted by a man on Facebook offering modelling work. |
| The man also asked pupils to set up a Skype account. | The man also asked pupils to set up a Skype account. |
| Bloomfield Collegiate in east Belfast has sent a warning to pupils and parents about the contact. | |
| They have asked pupils to block any friend request from the man and to delete any online relationship they have established with him. | They have asked pupils to block any friend request from the man and to delete any online relationship they have established with him. |
| In a notice posted on its website, the school's vice-principal told parents that a man has approached pupils asking them to "become involved in paid modelling work." | In a notice posted on its website, the school's vice-principal told parents that a man has approached pupils asking them to "become involved in paid modelling work." |
| The school's warning added the man was "insistent" that pupils set up a Skype account. | The school's warning added the man was "insistent" that pupils set up a Skype account. |
| The man also said he would hold a modelling session at a Belfast venue. | The man also said he would hold a modelling session at a Belfast venue. |
| The school advises any pupil who has accepted the man as a friend to "eliminate" the online relationship. | The school advises any pupil who has accepted the man as a friend to "eliminate" the online relationship. |
| The school also asks parents to "discuss this with your daughter to ensure that such a friendship request has not been accepted". | The school also asks parents to "discuss this with your daughter to ensure that such a friendship request has not been accepted". |
| The BBC understands that at least one other large Belfast grammar school has issued a similar warning. | The BBC understands that at least one other large Belfast grammar school has issued a similar warning. |
| Police confirmed that they had been in touch with a number of schools in Belfast about the incident. | Police confirmed that they had been in touch with a number of schools in Belfast about the incident. |