While the FBI does not break out sextortion from the total number of extortion crimes reported, a spokesperson told CNBC, “The majority of extortion complaints received in 2018 were part of a ...

Thirty-eight teenage boys in the US have died by suicide since 2021 after falling victim to “sextortion” scammers, a top cybercrimes investigator has told The Post. Two networks have been identified ...

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, but how do parents protect their children from online predators in the digital age?

The University of Dayton shared in a campus-wide email on Wednesday that the UD Department of Public Safety is investigating two reports of stalking via sextortion that occurred on Tuesday, Sept. 9, ...

STONY POINT - A sextortion scandal at Fieldstone Middle School that could have victimized hundreds of children has led to felony charges being filed against a middle schooler. The investigation, Stony ...

STONY POINT, NY – A middle school student in New York was arrested and charged in a sextortion scheme of fellow classmates that may have involved hundreds of victims, authorities said. The student at ...

An upstate New York middle schooler is facing child sex charges in a sick sextortion scheme that may have ensnared hundreds of young victims, police said Wednesday. Police in Stony Point in Rockland ...

A Southern California police department is warning the public about a sextortion scheme in which victims are blackmailed over nude photos, which in some cases are released anyway. The Long Beach ...

The death of a 15-year-old boy in West Virginia has sparked an investigation into an alleged sextortion scheme. In a news release on Friday, the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office said the FBI field ...

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