Social media extortion · Toledo, Ohio
When a sextortion threat arrived, a ‘help’ company took thousands
Scammers are targeting worried people with promises to stop intimate-image blackmail, but the fix can cost more money and still not work.
October 14 · 2 min read · Lost $3,800
Elaine was already shaken when the message arrived saying private images would be shared unless she paid. She did not want to tell many people, and she started searching online for someone who could make the threat go away fast.
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