A grieving New York mom whose 15-year-old son shot himself after being targeted in a Facebook “sextortion” scam blasted Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a “soulless psychopath” as he arrived to testify in ...

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 ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Bryce Tate was a 15-year-old honor student at Nitro High School in Kanawha County, West Virginia. He was popular, active in his church, and close to his parents. November 6, 2025 ...

Nationwide Building Society has cautioned that men in their 20s are disproportionately targeted in sextortion scams, based on analysis of 50 recent cases. Nearly half of victims in the review were in ...

DENVER — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is sounding the alarm over a surge in financial sextortion schemes targeting teenage boys at unprecedented levels, often with ...

It is a reminder about the dangers of online dating. Scammers can convince people to send inappropriate photos on apps or text, or they can use AI to recreate photos of victims without clothing. Then ...

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 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A sextortion scam is making a resurgence this year, with crooks using scare tactics to extract money from victims. The scam has been dubbed the “Hello Pervert” scam. It ...