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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elijah Heacock was a vibrant teen who made people smile. He "wasn't depressed, he wasn't sad, he wasn't angry," father John ...

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 ...

While the FBI does not break out sextortion from the total number of extortion crimes reported, a spokesperson told CNBC, “The majority of extortion complaints received in 2018 were part of a ...

Thirty-eight teenage boys in the US have died by suicide since 2021 after falling victim to “sextortion” scammers, a top cybercrimes investigator has told The Post. Two networks have been identified ...

TEMPE, Ariz. and PRAGUE, March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Sextortion scams are becoming more common – and more threatening – as cybercriminals exploit artificial intelligence (AI) and large-scale data ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)– Sextortion scams are the fastest growing cybercrimes targeting children in North America. These crimes are leading to victims committing suicide. Sextortion is when scammers ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that four men in the Ivory Coast were arrested in connection with an international "sextortion" scheme that targeted minors, including a 17-year-old from the ...

The FBI is drawing attention to an upsurge in an online scam that's led some young victims to kill themselves. Under the "financially motivated sextortion schemes," criminals pose on social media ...

Elijah Heacock was a vibrant teen who made people smile. He "wasn't depressed, he wasn't sad, he wasn't angry," father John Burnett told CBS Saturday Morning. But when Elijah received a threatening ...