New Mexico Lawsuit Claims Snapchat Enables Sextortion of Children
The New Mexico Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Snap, accusing the company of fostering an environment that enables the sexual exploitation and sextortion of children on its Snapchat app. CNBC Reports New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torres (Democrat) has launched a legal battle against Snap, the parent company of the popular social media app […]
Nigerian brothers jailed in sextortion case that led to Michigan teen’s suicide
A Michigan judge on Thursday sentenced Nigerian brothers Samuel Ogosi and Samson Ogosi to 17 1/2 years in prison for their respective roles in a sex blackmail scheme that victimized 100 people and led to the 2022 suicide of Michigan teenager Jordan DeMay. “I think at the end of the day, this case is a […]
Michigan football player’s Nigerian scammers pay price for teen’s sextortion suicide
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Snapchat used by predators for ‘sextortion’ schemes against kids
According to the New Mexico lawsuit, Snapchat has become a prime platform for online predators who use “sextortion” to trick minors into sending explicit images or videos of themselves and then use the explicit content to blackmail them. Attorney General Raul Torrez announced Thursday that he had filed legal action against Snapchat's parent company, Snap, […]
Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Global Sextortion Scheme Targeting Children
A 29-year-old Australian man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for orchestrating a terrifying global sex blackmail scheme that targeted hundreds of victims across 20 countries, the majority of whom were children under the age of 16. Ars Technical Reports Muhammad Zain-ul-Abidin Rasheed, who now lives in Australia, has been sentenced to 17 […]
Grief-stricken father launches personal crusade to help FBI find suspects whose sextortion plot led to son’s suicide
When a young man who was the victim of sex blackmail for money committed suicide last year, his grieving father launched a campaign to help the FBI track down the suspected fraudster on another continent. of FBI Financial sextortion is defined as “when an offender poses as someone else online and coerces a victim into […]
Meta deletes 63K Instagram accounts tied to ‘sextortion’ schemes
Meta announced on Wednesday that it had removed about 63,000 Nigerian Instagram accounts that were operating a “sex blackmail” scam targeting mostly adult men and some children in the United States. Scammers used “sextortion” tactics on Instagram and Facebook, threatening to make explicit sexual photos and messages to users unless they received payment. Among those […]