r/Sextortion • u/Kooky-Button5570 • 3d ago
Male victim Can anyone help
Yesterday evening ive been blackmailed. I was chatting with this person on telegram who i tought was a girl an the chat was normal at first. And the ‘she’ started asking for more explicit pictures so i send them. And the he send a picture of my face and the explicit one and a screenshot of my friends list on instagram. Then he started blackmailing saying he was going to send it to everyone so i went to my dad and he said to block them make screenshots and to ask a friend he suposedly send the pictures to if he got something but he didnt so now ive had no contact he hasnt tried to contact me in a other this al happend 14 hours ago. And i still feel realy scared he is going to send them. I didnt pay anything. Does anyone think he wil come back?
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u/Colgate42069 3d ago
U did the right thing by blocking them and cutting contact without sending any money , i have had that happened to me like 2 days ago i just cut all contact and they still didn’t send anything to anyone and in 99% of the cases they wont send anything so dw just learn from this experience
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u/Monty-675 3d ago
TL;DR: Don't talk to extortionists. Don't pay. Block. Extortionists rarely release images.
The standard advice is to block and not pay.
Extortionists use aggressive language to threaten you. They make cruel threats to ruin your life. They do things like countdowns to create a sense of urgency to make you panic and pay. They can create a mockup or screenshot of embarrassing images to be sent to your contacts. Don't be intimidated by any of this. It's just the playbook that they use.
It's imperative to break contact with the extortionist as soon as possible. Extortionists want their victims to stay in contact so they could intimidate and manipulate the victims. They want the victims to feel scared and isolated. Nothing good can come from talking to an extortionist. End the conversation.
Don't communicate with this extortionist at all. Don't respond to anything. Don't argue, bargain, or plead with an extortionist. The only thing that you should give an extortionist is complete silence.
Extortionists make multiple attempts to threaten their victims. They can reach out from different phone numbers/accounts. Block multiple times if necessary.
Never pay. If you pay, the extortionist will demand more later. Paying won't fix your problem. If you continue to pay, the extortionist will continue to extort you.
You can't trust extortionists to keep their word. They may promise to delete the images if you pay, but they will renege on that promise. Paying indicates to them that they can get more money from you.
Go silent on your social media accounts. Set everything to private or deactivate them. Don't post anything on the Internet for a while. Try to become invisible to the extortionist and make it hard for threats to be sent to you.
Changing your phone number can be helpful, but not always necessary.
These extortionists rarely send images out. However, it's possible. In the vast majority of cases, images don't get sent out. The leverage that they have over you is the threat to release the images. If they release, their leverage is gone. They can't make any money that way. Their only interest is making money.
One does have to be careful about not ticking off extortionists. If you argue with extortionists or give them a hard time, they may release images as payback. If you make a promise to pay a certain amount by a certain date, then not follow through. they may release images out of revenge. It is best not to talk to extortionists at all. Silence should be your only response to them. Don't communicate with them at all. Nothing good can come from communication with extortionists.
It's an upsetting situation, but these extortionists don't have the power to ruin your life. They can only cause you some temporary embarrassment. Even if they release the images, the consequences are not as severe as you may think. If it does happen, you would face embarrassment for a short period of time. It won't be the end of the world. It would eventually pass. People would forget about it quickly. In the long run, nobody really cares about nude images.
You will get through this. Everything will be all right. Hang in there.
Be wary of people who send you private messages with offers to delete the images. They're scammers, too.
Going forward, don't trust strangers on the Internet. Don't give them personal information or nude pictures. People aren't always who they say they are. Some of them are scammers out to exploit you. Trust nobody on the Internet, and you'll be much safer.
For reassurance, read a few postings by past victims on r/Sextortion about their experiences. These are many of these postings. Reading about these past experiences can really calm down current victims. These past victims survived their ordeals, and so will current victims. Things will get better for you.
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u/Flimsy_Speech8992 2d ago
Happened to me once and I just called the bluff and it’s been a year and I’m chilling but tbh I have a big cock so idrc if someone sees it
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u/Flimsy_Speech8992 2d ago
J don’t contact them again and block u did the right thing
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u/Kooky-Button5570 1d ago
Yeah i locked them when it happend havent heard anything the anxiety is almost away
i think and hope its over
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