Scammers are targeting teenage boys on social media—and driving some to suicide.

Scammers are targeting teenage boys on social media—and driving some to suicide.

Horrifying in depth report describing sextortion scams: a scammer tricks a teenage boy into sending them reciprocal nude photos, then instantly starts blackmailing them by threatening to forward those photos to their friends and family members. Most online scams take weeks or even months to play out - these scams can turn to blackmail within minutes.

Via Hacker News

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