A BRITISH teen took his own life after falling for a sextortion scam run by a crime ring in West Africa, an inquest heard.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The FBI is drawing attention to an upsurge in an online scam that's led some young victims to kill themselves. Under the ...

TEENAGER Cai Davies looked horrified at a message on his phone before typing back a hurried response. The 18-year-old told ...

A Welsh teenager killed himself after being blackmailed for money by a sextortion gang in West Africa, an inquest has heard.

Cybercriminals are sending a new wave of sextortion emails claiming they have complete access to victims' computers, phones ...

A sextortion incident reportedly led to a victim nearly being defrauded of $1,500 after a suspect threatened to release ...

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Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, on Thursday announced new measures to fight sextortion, a form of online blackmail where criminals coerce victims, often teens, into sending ...

Organised crime gangs are flooding university students' inboxes with blackmail demands, threatening to expose compromising ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Victoria Craig: Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Wednesday, June 11th. I'm ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Bryce Tate was a 15-year-old honor student at Nitro High School in Kanawha County, West Virginia. He was popular, active in his church, and close to his parents. November 6, 2025 ...

DHS has been investigating a sprawling fraud operation where Chinese criminals have been buying iPhones and iPads with funds from scams, including sextortion and romance swindles. Gift cards acquired ...