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Online Blackmail or Sextortion
In April the National Crime Agency issued an alert to education professionals following a considerable increase in global cases of financially motivated sexual extortion – a type of online blackmail widely known as ‘sextortion’ that involves the threat of sharing nude or semi-nude images or videos to extort money or force someone to do something against their will. Specialists from the NCA’s CEOP Education team produced the alert, which was issued to teachers across the UK click here for full story.
This briefing (September 2024) from the NSPCC shares children and young people’s experiences of so-called ‘sextortion’ and explores:
- how sextortion occurs and how it can escalate
- the impact on young people’s wellbeing
- how to spot the signs
- how to talk to young people at risk.
It also offers guidance for reporting and disrupting incidents of sextortion, should a child’s image ever fall into the wrong hands.
The Guardian have also recently published guidance on how sextortion fraud works and how to deal with sextortion scams.