This Valentine's Day weekend, the ABC7 I-Team alert about a romance scam known as "sextortion." Criminals claiming to have inappropriate pictures of victims demand money. One victim shared her story ...

WDBJ7 investigates the growing online financially motivated extortion scam known as 'Sextortion' ...

A dad was left feeling “sick and angry” after making a horrifying discovery on his son’s phone — as it points to a growing ...

George is sharing her story tonight, at the Promise2Live Safe Tech event at Sky Ridge, along side other experts on Digital ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, center at the podium, stands flanked by state, local and federal law enforcement ...

Sextortion complaints have jumped almost 50 percent according to online safety watchdog Netsafe. The online scams are a type ...

Thirty-eight teenage boys in the US have died by suicide since 2021 after falling victim to “sextortion” scammers, a top cybercrimes investigator has told The Post. Two networks have been identified ...

Romance scammers target Valentine's Day emotions, costing victims $672M in 2024. FBI reports 18K cases as fraudsters exploit ...

As Kiwis get into the romantic spirit, Netsafe is reminding people to be aware of romance scams and sextortion. Netsafe Digital Harms Service Manager Alex Yi says scammers exploit events such as ...

Falling in love is easy. Falling for a scam? The FBI warns it’s shockingly even easier. Christopher Giordano, FBI Pittsburgh ...

While the FBI does not break out sextortion from the total number of extortion crimes reported, a spokesperson told CNBC, “The majority of extortion complaints received in 2018 were part of a ...