Sextortion

Source: Sextortion employs

non-physical forms of coercion to extort sexual favors from the

victim. Sextortion refers to the broad category of sexual

exploitation in which abuse of power is the means of coercion, as well

as to the category of sexual exploitation in which threatened release of

sexual images or information is the means of coercion.

Supporting Source: What

is Sextortion? An FBI special agent defines sextortion.

Supporting Source: Sextortion

can start on any site, app, messaging platform, or game where people

meet and communicate. The FBI has seen a huge increase in the number

of cases involving children and teens being threatened and coerced into

sending explicit images online; a crime called sextortion.

Supporting Source: FBI Special Agent Brian Herrick

defines sextortion...

Supporting Source: Ashley Reynolds was 14 when she was

victimized...

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I am being sextorted. Please help me, I feel helpless.

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rando threatening to leak nude picture.

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Hi, I am a 14 year old male, I was dumb enough to send someone nudes on

Instagram and now they threaten to ruin me by posting this

everywhere.

Similar sex related scams.

Supporting Source: Post: It’s

saying that my device got infested with a R.A.T. And they want $1600 usd

in bitcoin within 48 hours.

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death threat scam today after sending 3 escorts text messages to see if

they'd be open to nude modeling...

Source: r/Sextortion: Are you a

current or former victim of sextortion or online blackmail?

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Someone please talk to me.

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107 hours since the incident. I’m safe right?

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Just got scammed.. I'm shaking!!

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new victim pls help panicking so much!!