one time i (in my mid twenties) befriended some lonely 17yo girl on the internet who lied about her age at first, and then gushed about how she had no friends and got dropped by everyone etc. so we would play videogames occasionally and i'd listen to her talk about her life. nothing too serious

at some point she got obsessed & proceeded to tell her friends i was buying nudes from her. and all of them just instantly bought it and were insistent on me being a ``````diddy ahh blud'''''.

anyway, i suppose my point in all of this is that my guess is 90%+ of all "pedo" stories on the internet are fake and driven by hysteria. the demand outstrips the supply.