Perpetrators frequently pose as teenage girls or women who are interested in a sexual relationship, before requesting intimate photos and videos.
VictoriaVictoria police warn about rise in ‘sextortion’ police are urging parents and caregivers to be vigilant about youths’ online activity amid a disturbing rise in online sexual extortion — or “sextortion” — that largely targets young men and teen boys as young as 13 and 14.
Police said sextortion is a “sophisticated cybercrime” that often involves those responsible contacting victims through such social-media platforms as Instagram or Snapchat. The Canadian Centre for Child Protection has seen an increase in sextortion cases, as well, with 92 per cent of them involving boys and men. Many more sextortion cases have likely not been reported.
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