Detectives from the South Wales Police are raising alarms over an increasing number of sextortion incidents, a severe form of online blackmail where victims are coerced into paying money under the threat of having their explicit images distributed.
Sextortion criminals employ various tactics to manipulate victims into producing and sending compromising images or videos. Once obtained, these images become leverage for blackmail, with threats of exposure to friends and family unless a ransom is paid.
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