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Increasing Sextortion Scams Targeting Teenage Boys, Gay Adults

Law & Courts · January 28, 2023

Increasing Sextortion Scams Targeting Teenage Boys, Gay Adults

“The FBI has seen a horrific increase in reports of financial sextortion schemes targeting minor boys—and the fact is that the many victims who are afraid to come forward are not even included in those numbers"

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