Scammers are targeting teenage boys on social media and driving some to suicide
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https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-sextortion-teen-suicides/
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https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-sextortion-teen-suicides/
Mikufan@ani.social 2 months ago
How exactly do you scam someone by driving them into suicide?
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 2 months ago
Can’t read the article because it’s paywall, but I supposed it those “I hacked your webcam and have a video of you jerking off, give me money or I’ll send it to you friends”.
I got a couple of those. Unfortunatly for the scammers, I don’t have webcam.
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It’s this
“I have screenshot all your followers and tags and can send this nudes to everyone and also send your nudes to your family and friends until it goes viral,” Dani wrote. “All you have to do is cooperate with me and I won’t expose you.”
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Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
It’s more of a secondary effect. ‘Give me a load of money or I’ll show this extremely embarrassing picture of you to everyone you know’ can mentally fuck you up pretty bad as an adult, let alone as a teen with little to no source of income . It can be even worse depending on the type of image, how the victim expect his family to react or he’s already subject to bullying/in a horrible mental state.