Scammers often rely on fear to steal your hard-earned money. No matter the scam, whether it's a Microsoft call scam or government impersonation, they all attempt to scare you by claiming that ...

The WhatsApp video call scam explained in recent cybercrime alerts reveals a worrying rise in sextortion cases across India. Fraudsters are targeting users through unexpected video calls, secretly ...

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 ...

British teenage boys are being blackmailed by Nigerian crime gangs posing as young women in a surge of online sexual extortion. Criminals are targeting boys as young as 14 on social media – tricking ...

The FBI Savannah Field Office is reminding students and parents about sextortion as children and teens prepare to return to ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - It’s one of the fastest-growing online crimes, and the victims are getting younger every year. Sextortion crimes are when predators trick or coerce children into sending explicit ...

Parents need to understand how sextortion targets kids and teens, then talk to their children about it. Credit: Mashable Composite; fotostorm / E+ / MASTER / Moment / Aleksandr Zubkov / Getty Parents ...

A sextortion scam targeting emails is underway nationwide, in an attempt to coerce payments using threats of embarrassment, according to New York State Police. How does the sextortion scam work?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The growing number of sextortion cases reported is 'quite concerning,' Winnipeg Police Service Const. Stephen Spencer said ...

Sextortion is a form of exploitation that occurs when a person obtains sexually explicit images of an individual and threatens to release them unless their demands are met (monetary, sexual or other ...

Sextortion has become one of the fastest-growing crimes affecting people online. Law enforcement agencies across the United States have reported a significant increase in cases involving sextortion in ...

RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAW) - The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office is raising awareness on sextortion, a dangerous case they often see. Predators target and coerce people, especially teens, into sending ...