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KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) – In less than three hours, a Kanawha County teenager went from a typical day to becoming a victim of sextortion and taking his own life. Now, the FBI is investigating the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 Chicago I-Team has an alert on sextortion. It involves threatening letters delivered through email or direct message, claiming to have compromising videos, but they're scams.

Learn how sextortion affects children and how parents can respond calmly, support recovery, and protect their child from ...

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Authorities have issued an urgent warning about a threat preying upon teens. It is called sextortion, where an offender coerces a minor to create sexually explicit images or ...

Attorney Bill Harrison joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss what is sextortion, why it’s particularly relevant in Hawaii, why people fall victim, what parents should know, what laws ...

In 2018, the FBI announced the arrest of a 32-year-old male who coerced a 12-year-old girl into creating and then sending him a partially nude photo of herself. This cybercrime is known as sextortion, ...

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 ...