WDBJ7 investigates the growing online financially motivated extortion scam known as 'Sextortion' ...

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 ...

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 ...

A suburban teen was the victim of a “sextortion” scam in suburban Palos Park, prompting a warning from police. The 18-year-old thought he was talking to a woman via an app called Yubo, and the other ...

A spike in complaints about sextortion scams has been reported in Arizona. Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich issued a warning about the scam emails in which threats to release sexually explicit ...

Has your inbox recently been deluged with unwanted and even outright malicious messages? Here are 10 possible reasons – and how to stem the tide.

What used to be a crude scam built on old passwords is now personalized enough to scare executives into paying – and can create serious reputational fallout if mishandled ...

The Rexburg Police Department is sounding the alarm over a sharp increase in “sextortion” cases, a digital blackmail scheme ...

The parents of a Scottish boy who took his own life after being targeted in a sextortion scam have lodged a lawsuit against tech firm Meta. Murray Dowey, 16, tragically died in December, 2023, after ...

Mumbai: A chemical manufacturer lost Rs 1.2 lakh to a woman who had met him over social media and subsequently targetted him in a sextortion incident. The Bangur Nagar Police has lodged an FIR against ...