Teen sextortion growing, FBI says; parents on mission, son dead
WEB2 days ago · The FBI says sextortion of minors involved more than 12,000 victims and led to at least 20 suicides from October 2021 to March 2023. ... Get breaking news alerts in the FOX6 News app for iOS or ...
Family of teen who died by suicide warns of dangers of ... - CBS News
WEBJan 18, 2024 · From October 2021 through March 2023, the FBI tracked roughly 12,600 sextortion victims — all of them minors. Since 2021, at least 20 children who were victims of sextortion have died by...
A 17-year-old boy died by suicide hours after being scammed. The ... - CNN
WEBMay 20, 2022 · Law enforcement calls the scam “sextortion,” and investigators have seen an explosion in complaints from victims leading the FBI to ramp up a campaign to warn parents from coast to coast.
Sextortion warning: In 6 hours, my son was dead - BBC News
WEBJun 9, 2024 · Sextortion is the fastest-growing scam affecting teenagers globally and has been linked to more than 27 suicides in the US alone.
Nigeria hands over two suspects in sextortion case linked to ... - NBC News
WEBAug 14, 2023 · In a rare move, two Nigerian men were extradited to the U.S. over the weekend to face charges in a sexual extortion scheme that authorities say prompted the suicide last year of a 17-year-old...
Feds warn of "staggering" sextortion scam that has targeted ... - CBS News
WEBDec 19, 2022 · Washington — More than 3,000 teenagers and young boys have been blackmailed online in what federal law enforcement officials called a "staggering" sextortion scam that has been tied to more...
Biden to sign new bipartisan law targeting child 'sextortion ... - NBC News
WEBMay 4, 2024 · Jordan DeMay, a 17-year-old who died by suicide in 2022, is one of a growing number of teens targeted by financial sextortion. His mother hopes the new law will help other parents.
DOJ says over 3,000 U.S. minors were targeted in ‘sextortion
WEBDec 20, 2022 · Victims as young as 10 years old have been targeted. Over 3,000 minors were targeted in the U.S. over the last year, the DOJ said. The crime is a subset of online enticement, which spiked 98% from ...
FBI warns of explosion in sextortion cases targeting teenagers - BBC
WEBDec 20, 2022 · The FBI said there had been more than 7,000 reports of sextortion in 2022. "This is a level of harassment we haven't seen recently," a senior official warned. In a news release on Monday, the...
'Sextortionists' are increasingly targeting young men for money.
WEBInternet blackmailers are increasingly duping young men and boys into sending them sexually explicit content online by posing as young girls on social media.