As the school year across the country winds down, the threat of online predators is on the increase, the FBI said. Specifically, the FBI warns parents that they are seeing in increase in the number of sextortion cases involving minors across the country. Sextortion is 'when an adult coerces or
As the school year across the country winds down, the threat of online predators is on the increase, the FBI said.
Barnwell, according to the government, on a female-presenting profile, would tell minor girls that he was offering them a modeling job that paid thousands of dollars, with one catch: they had to send photos of themselves in sexually suggestive positions and poses. Once Barnwell received the images, he'd threaten to post them online, attempting to hurt the minor victim, if he didn't receive more."This starts the cycle of victimization that is very hard to break out of because now, it's not one picture. It's several pictures, it's videos," Herrick said.Barnwell, according to the government had 43 victims, which is common practice for offenders.
"If you have a 14 year old boy who is trying to advance within a game to get to a different level, get a high score and someone comes on the scene pretending to be somebody else, who's maybe offering cheat codes or offering in app purchases to get more armors so they can advance a game, that's an enticement," Herrick explained to ABC News.
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