Help lines and resources
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These organisations are independent of Vennu. They are free and confidential, and most are open 24 hours a day. You don’t need a Vennu account — or any reason beyond wanting to talk to someone.
In immediate danger? Call 911 (United States).
Talk to someone now
- National Domestic Violence Hotline — call 1-800-799-7233, text START to 88788, or chat at thehotline.org.
- RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline — call 800-656-4673 (800-656-HOPE), text HOPE to 64673, or chat at rainn.org.
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org.
Intimate images and sextortion
- On Vennu: ask us to remove intimate images shared without consent with our Take It Down request form. No account needed; we act within 48 hours of a valid request.
- StopNCII.org — helps adults stop intimate images from being shared on participating platforms: stopncii.org.
- Take It Down (NCMEC) — for images taken when you were under 18: takeitdown.ncmec.org.
- NCMEC CyberTipline — report the sexual exploitation of a child at report.cybertip.org or 1-800-843-5678.
Scams and fraud
- FTC — report romance scams and other fraud at reportfraud.ftc.gov.
- FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) — report online fraud and sextortion at ic3.gov.
Colorado
- 988 Colorado Mental Health Line — call or text 988, or visit 988colorado.com.
- Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault — information and support for survivors: ccasa.org/for-survivors.
- You Have the Right (Colorado) — your options after a sexual assault, and a map of local support services: youhavetherightco.org.
- Violence Free Colorado — find a local domestic violence program: violencefreecolorado.org.
- Colorado Crime Victim Compensation — help with costs after a crime, through the program in the judicial district where it happened: dcj.colorado.gov.
Connecticut
- CT Safe Connect — domestic violence support, call or text 888-774-2900 or visit ctsafeconnect.org.
Reach Vennu’s safety team
Report a member from their profile or chat in the app — see how reporting works. No account? Email reports@vennuapp.com. We are not an emergency service: if you are in danger, call 911 first.