Financial sextortion has often been traced to scammers in West African countries, including Nigeria and Ivory Coast, and Southeast Asian countries like the Philippines, according to the FBI.

A Minnesota parent is among others sharing how their teenage sons died by suicide within 24 hours of being financially ...

According to CBS reporting, many of these fake accounts were found on Meta’s Facebook—all Nigerian accounts. To date, Meta has removed more than 63,000 accounts linked to the sextortion schemes.

A few days later they learned Jordan was a victim of sextortion. “It was horrifying,” DeMay said. “If you think you are going to hide in Nigeria or anywhere else or the Ivory Coast and all ...

Sextortion, also known as ‘financially motivated sexual extortion’, is a "developing threat" and a relatively new form of ...

“I just felt my blood get hot, and my heart went down to the center of the earth,” says the 24-year-old, who requested that ...