South Carolina Rep. Branon Guffey speaks to senators outside the House chamber in Columbia, South Carolina, Wednesday, May 2, 2023. Guffey’s 17-year-old son took his own life in July 2022 after a ...

Sextortion occurs when a predator using a fake or hacked account engages in a sexual conversation with you online and then blackmails you, often with nude photos you exchanged or sexually explicit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo of Jordan DeMay provided by John DeMay Five individuals charged for their part in a Nigerian sextortion scheme that targeted ...

One college student remembers the exact moment he realized he'd been scammed. The 24 hours that followed happened in slow motion. He can recall pieces: pulling into a gas station as the panic set in, ...

Since the beginning of February 2026, officers have received eight reported incidents of sextortion from across East Lothian and Midlothian. The victims are both men and women and range in age between ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — Gov. Mike DeWine in a Wednesday afternoon ceremony signed a bill into law that makes sexual extortion a felony offense in Ohio. Ohio House Bill 531, called Braden’s Law, creates ...

KRONENWETTER, Wis. (WSAW) - Sextortion is a crime we continue to learn more about. However, the Wisconsin Department of Justice says it’s not new. In 2024, they received 11,000 tips about sextortion, ...

Police Scotland is probing a spate of sextortion offences in East Lothian and Midlothian. An alarming eight cases have been reported in the first six days of February, and five out of the eight ...

The Australian eSafety Commissioner recently launched a new campaign to raise awareness of sexual extortion, or “sextortion”. Targeted primarily at men, the campaign features AI-generated videos of ...

ST. PAUL — Data shows teens are increasingly falling victim to “sextortion,” a form of digitial blackmail, and Minnesota lawmakers are cracking down on it. The bill, HF2358, unanimously passed the ...