Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo of Jordan DeMay provided by John DeMay Five individuals charged for their part in a Nigerian sextortion scheme that targeted ...

South Carolina Rep. Branon Guffey speaks to senators outside the House chamber in Columbia, South Carolina, Wednesday, May 2, 2023. Guffey’s 17-year-old son took his own life in July 2022 after a ...

Sextortion occurs when a predator using a fake or hacked account engages in a sexual conversation with you online and then blackmails you, often with nude photos you exchanged or sexually explicit ...

Data shows teens are increasingly falling victim to “sextortion,” a form of digital blackmail, and Minnesota lawmakers are ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced the arrest of four men in West Africa for their roles in an international "sextortion" scheme that targeted thousands of victims, ...

STREETSBORO, Ohio (WJW) – The Fox 8 I-Team has found families of sextortion victims are starting to get justice. Parents of teens that were victims of sextortion are fighting back and pushing for ...

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) - The Stevens Point Area Public School District is teaming up with the Stevens Point Police Department to continue its series on bullying in the digital age. Over two dozen ...

KRONENWETTER, Wis. (WSAW) - Sextortion is a crime we continue to learn more about. However, the Wisconsin Department of Justice says it’s not new. In 2024, they received 11,000 tips about sextortion, ...

One college student remembers the exact moment he realized he'd been scammed. The 24 hours that followed happened in slow motion. He can recall pieces: pulling into a gas station as the panic set in, ...

On the night 16-year-old Eli Heacock, of Glasgow, died by suicide, and his mom lay on his chest trying to save him as he took his final breaths, police discovered he had been a victim of sexual ...

Police Scotland is probing a spate of sextortion offences in East Lothian and Midlothian. An alarming eight cases have been reported in the first six days of February, and five out of the eight ...