by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 26, 2022 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about sextortion scams for seven years. Earlier this week the FBI issued a new warning about sextortion. Generally sextortion scams begin with an email in which you are told that your computer and web cam have been hacked and that the scammers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 17, 2022 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about sextortion scams for seven years, but a story reported on CNN indicates how this scam can become deadly. Ryan Last was a 17 year old California boy who corresponded with someone online pretending to be a teenage girl who sent a nude...
by admin | Mar 30, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Sex extortion or sextortion has been around for years on the Internet with criminals tricking people into performing sexual acts online that are recorded and then used to blackmail the victims. In other cases, hackers have gained access to the webcams of women and...