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 ...
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - Sextortion is an online scam where people obtain explicit images from teenagers and threaten to release them unless they are given money or more photos. According to the La ...
Microsoft 365 users are being warned about a new scamming scheme using the platform’s admin portal. Users are reporting that emails that would usually be filtered out are getting through as the ...
Over the past decade, organized crime gangs working out of Southeast Asia have scammed people out of billions of dollars. Operating giant scam compounds—where experts estimate around 200,000 victims ...
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 ...