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In a not so shocking turn of events, cybercriminals have takes a page out of law enforcement's play book and are now using the techniques used to entrap | In a not so shocking turn of events, cybercriminals have takes a page out of law enforcement's play book and are now using the techniques used to entrap minor attracted people on young males and tricking them into providing sexually compromising information that is later used to blackmail them. The latter of these two abhorrent practices, it is called Sextortion. | ||
In recent weeks, | In recent weeks, numerous news stories have appeared about Ryan Last, a 17-year-old high school student who sent explicit pictures to a person he believed to be a teenage girl. Unable to pay the demands of the blackmailer, Ryan Last killed himself rather then face public humiliation. This is an all to familiar scenario within the Boylove community. | ||
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In recent weeks, numerous news stories have appeared about Ryan Last, a 17-year-old high school student who sent explicit pictures to a person he believed to be a teenage girl. Unable to pay the demands of the blackmailer, Ryan Last killed himself rather then face public humiliation. This is an all to familiar scenario within the Boylove community.
https://www.voanews.com/a/u-s-warns-of-rise-in-sextortion-schemes-targeting-teen-boys-/6882838.html https://theappeal.org/online-child-sex-stings-protect-act/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/politics/justice-department-sextortion/index.html |
