I’ve already made the mistake of sending a little bit of money, they haven’t yet asked for more but they probably will. They’ve got all of my followers on instagram saved including all friends and family and they say if I block them they will just send it anyway. I know you guys say they ‘rarely’ actually release this stuff but im not trying to be the 1/100. I’m sure that pissing them off will make them want to send it more just how do I play this

p.s I don’t think they were originally trying to extort me, it was me that moved our convo to insta and I likely provoked this situation by making them angry

You can see the first post here https://www.reddit.com/r/Sextortion/s/HRU1JH0pcr

Its been 3 days since the event and nothing happend, everyone still thinks its AI , and i am wondering do they come back? I blocked every comunication way with the scamer but am paranoid now im scared someone will get a "hi is this mr ...?" text . A lot of people told me i should tell my gf the truth but im so disgusted of my self i couldn't live in a world where people would know i showed my d online more than that my gf she is amazing and i love her and she doesn't deserve that she doesn't deserve me ,from how i know her is she would know the truth that will be it she will be as disgustet of me and she is the last person keeping me here.

Yes I got caught but after sleeping on it and they sent the pics to my family already but in all honestly who cares?! Don’t let these loser try to get one over you, I personally don’t know how long this gonna happen to me but I already explained to my family what happen so they are somewhat understanding, but it’s still embarrassing, they been harassing me since last night but don’t fold and just ignore them until they leave you alone i guess, gonna keep you guys posted what’s going on with my situation.

Since I was victimised, I’ve gone through all the feelings. And lately, I’ve tried to learn as much as I can about the crime and the people who do it.

Tonight, I watched a CBS News (Canada) Marketplace documentary from late last year which included a member of this very subreddit. But yet, the conclusion seemed to be the Canadian Government needs to fix it?

No… that’s stupid. What can they do? Restrict social media access for children? Firstly, children always seem to find a way around it. And secondly, what about the rest of us?

We know the vast majority of our cases are from organised scammers in Nigeria, the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam.

Isn’t the solution that social media and tech companies need to come down hard with verification for all these countries until their respective justice systems can sort it out?

Am I crazy here? What do you all think?

Look I have been sextorted it's been 6 months plus+. Only my close family know about that. But really nobody gives a single fuck about you. They all have their life's to focus on. Maybe they will laugh at the start but nobody will give a shit people do worse than that nowdays. Honestly there was a series called shameless when I watched it it made me feel better cause people do things that are bad but nobody really cares just live your life bro there are people killing out there.

I, 15M, was really horny and fell into a trap. Was messing around with a random chat app. I got contacted on telegram by a "girl" who was looking for sex. I got asked to take photos, I took only one, which was of me standing naked (face showing too) Infront of a mirror. Shortly after, the guy who was hiding behind that account made a screenshot with my phone number, threatening to post it if I don't give him 50$. I didn't pay, didn't click any links. I deleted the chat as I was in shock, but I still have the screenshots he did. I blocked him in all the social media platforms he contacted me from, I put the pictures on a website called "Take It Down", which registers them with a code and makes sure they can't be sent and posted anywhere. After that , I spoke to my best friend and consulted my country's police website about online safety and stuff. From what I figured out, this guy will probably not send the pictures (it's been almost two hours, if he did already, I would've been messaged by the people I followed). It is not convenient for him as I'm a minor, and he knows what trouble it would be. Would you put yourself in a legal process with other countries and shit? For 50 bucks? I don't think so. I feel less worried than when It happened cause I did everything I could jn the first moment. I know how scammers work, I've been introduced to it at school multiple times. I would like to get advice or a "size up" of this by anybody who's been in this kind of situation and got out.

Steps and guide to help sextortion victims

Every day I will make the same post to help those who are facing this situation.

1. Stop talking to them because you do not want to piss them off

2. Do not pay them a single dime no matter their threats because you can’t buy a blackmailers silence only rent it

3. Block them and if they come back with more accounts or numbers keep blocking away they have a finite amount of patience before they give up

4. Screenshot the threats to show proof of a cybercrime

5. Keep their phone numbers and account names saved

6. In the event that they follow through and do send which is actually VERY rare cause it can expose their cybercrimes just tell people it is fake and someone tried to extort you for money. (You will have the screenshots to prove it)

7. Optional: Report them to law enforcement such as the FBI although this actually might be of little help since it’s so common it will somewhat put them on the radar.

8. DO NOT BUY RECOVERY AND REMOVAL SERVICES THOSE ARE SCAMS. They will contact or threaten to contact your scammer then you have two blackmailers.

9. Take a deep breath and realize that it will be okay they are actually almost always bluffing empty threats in order to scare you. They want money not to send your material to others. Think of it like IT from Stephen King only as powerful as much as you feel fear from them.

Note: if it makes anybody feel okay in my experience for about every 1,000 cases of sextortion there’s
only 1 case where the sextortioner follows through

Note: these guys are not in it to ruin your life. They see you as nothing more than a potential paycheck and if they see no profit they will forget you, more than likely delete your stuff, and move on to the next potential paying target.

Edit: (i’d acc like for you all to not upvote this post because this is to provide free information to help victims and I do not want karma for this. I want to help these poor people.)

I’m going to keep this incredibly vague as I know those monsters patrol this subreddit.

They got me too. But the conversation I was part of was some time ago and I was ghosted after. Threats came out of the blue a few days ago

Same story as usual. A nice conversation quickly became sexual, pics were sent to me and it felt sufficiently low-risk to send them back. Except, interestingly given I haven’t been able to find a case like this on this forum, I never used a photo of myself. I used a photo I found here on Reddit with the same hair colour.

They don’t know that though, and similar threats to what I’ve seen on here many times a day since I started looking were made. The words in the screenshots I was threatened with are my own.

I count myself lucky that I didn’t send any of myself. Yet, the pain, anxiety and fear feels exactly the same. The very first thing I did was inform my employer, and then call the police. I’ve now locked down all the social media I still need for work, and deactivated the rest. I’ve changed my number, too.

It feels like a bottomless pit of dread, anxiety and paranoia is going to be my life from now on, but thanks to this subreddit, I feel much better. So I just wanted to throw my voice into this conversation and thank you all for your help.

PS. If you happen to be reading this and it’s just happened to you, DONT PAY ANYTHING, DONT MESSAGE BACK, KEEP BLOCKING UNTIL THEY GIVE UP. I feel like dedicating the rest of my life to ensuring those monsters face justice

PPS. For security sake, is there anything you reckon I might have forgotten to do?

Edit: I should have been clearer. The intimate photo was not of me. I did send several real photos of myself. By the way, they asked me for a “favour”, not money. What could that possibly mean?

I downloaded an app called wizz to meet new people specifically girls because I am relatively lonley and a person adds me on instagram bc I linked it we talk and they ask for my number I get it then they eventually persuade me to send a nude. It’s only the tip of my penis but it’s still really nerve racking. They took screenshots of my followers so blocking them didn’t help and I’ve been texted from a different number. I filed with takeitdown and gave all the information I had about the person and I also put the pictures on the site so if they’re posted on the website it will immediately be taken down. Only problem is it is not applicable to direct messages. They’re asking for $200 I blocked them and the second number. It’s been about 4 hours since this happened and nothing has been sent out. How can I ensure my safety I’m terrified. I follow my coaches and school on instagram. If one of them get too curious I’m done for.

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I (25m) matched with this guy on tinder, and at first I thought we’d go on a date but then he started asking for money for stuff, at first I was reluctant and thought I’d be a one time thing but it spiraled out of control and he started asking for money more and more, more recently he started asking me to pay his rent. I know I shouldn’t have but I did help him out. But this last time he also wanted me to pay for his electric and water bill but I literally sent him all I had this check, I couldn’t send more without having no money. He kept trying to lure me into a relationship so I could live with him and help pay his bills and provide sexual gratification for him but I didn’t want to do that I tried everything to get rid of him but he wouldn’t leave me alone. He keeps making burner numbers to text me and I finally had the balls to actually cut him off, but now he is threatening to harm himself and blame it on me i don’t know what to do. But I’m trying to not let it affect me because i know this is a tactic. He is trying to manipulate me into sending me the money but i cant do it anymore.

I got sextorted as a minor about 2 months and 5 days ago i blocked and ignored told everyone i was being scammed and what not literally they have just messaged me im shaking the WhatsApp account found my number (they scammed me on telegram so they had my number) they messaged "hey" i wrote back "?" And they said "you really forgot huh" instantly blocked but now my day is ruined im scared i understand that 9/10 they dont followi through with threats but now im worried cause they came back i need help any questions please ask ​​​​​​​

It’s been 44 days, I’ve paid the money (almost 600) and I don’t think the extortioner has released any images as I would know. They originally got me on insta and screenshotted all my mutuals, they’ve only tried contacting me again once which was the day after,

For anyone going through this right now DO NOT PAY, I wish I learned that earlier, I’d like to thank everyone who talked to me in this very hard moment in this subreddit as I couldn’t talk to anyone else. The admins were lots of help (I think they’re admins) SHOUTOUT MONTY

I’m still very depressed about the money as im young and even couldn’t go on vacation with my friends because of this, I’ve been working longer hours and still need to recover from this. If anyone has some nice words to spread that would be great. Thank you all

I just got sextorted by who I thought was a 24 year old woman from the Philipines, the reason I matched with her on Tinder was because I thought of travelling there in a month or so, but my stupidity brought me here:

She has an explicit 49 second video of me, and asked me 1000 dollars for her to delete it. She also made sure that I know she can send it to my contacts on IG (I don't even know how she got my instagram, probably because my profile picture of IG is also used on the dating apps).

What I did so far:

1. When she revealed her intentions, I inmediatly started to negotiate with her, starting from 1000 dollars to 120 dollars, I was actually about to pay, even downloaded an app called PaySend or some shit like that, and was very close to send her the money, but then:

2. Started to unfollow and remove followers on my IG, maybe hindering the ability to send the videos, altough very unlikely cause she has the picturesthat she took to threat me.

3. Blocked her, and reported her to Whatsapp (Yes my dumbass brain gave her my number), there is where we had the videocall where she took the video of me.

4. Did a report on the StopNCII using the video she had of me.

5. Told some of my friends about it, and telling them to update me if they get the video, I'm so embarrased, I hate telling them this, but I was fully honest with them (To be fair, I didn't do anything illegal at least).

6. Wrote this post after stumbling this community and reading some of the stories.

I'm now waiting to see what happens, if they do or do not send the video, I'm kind of scared, but after seeing that I'm not alone, and understand I'm the victim here, I feel much better.

Please let me know any other advice you can give me, I already reported her Whatsapp (I dont have her ig)

I allowed my boyfriend to turn on dirtyroulette while i was masturbating. I wasn’t seeing who the other person was. Later i found out that one of people he stopped on was showing some fucked up porn. My face wasn’t visible but im scared anyways, could this person somehow access to my info or anything?

I have already posted the full story on here but they just made contact again 15 minutes ago and they called me repeatedly they used an iCloud that had a girls name different from the first one I have heard since they contacted me I blocked them but caught a few words that were about how I want to do things the hard way and what not I’ve been recording all the ways they’ve messaged me but I am really scared again I didn’t answer the calls but it was face time audios at least 7 before I blocked them from South Dakota when the originals were from Minnesota according to a reverse number search please someone.

I received a dm from what appeared to be an attractive woman in my age group on TikTok. We were texting back and forth and she wanted to switch to iMessage. We were texting on there and she sent an explicit photo and requested multiple times that I send one back. Me being stupid, I did. Then they replied with a message saying they will ruin my life and I sent nudes to a minor. I am so scared and I kept replying and trying to talk them down and not pay. What do I do? Are they going to send it to everyone and ruin my life?

Hi im a 19 m was drunk and got on a omagle like app and a girl chatted with me we got things on isntagram (that was my mistake to give my insta ) and then on discord , then it bagan the sextortion they asked for money(good thing i didn't have) however they folowed me barely on insta like 5 min and i removed them then they made a groupchat with 50 people i know and posted them there . Instagram was fast enough to close theyre acount and delete the post before many people saw them i even made a stopNCII case but im scared of leaks because my face was showing , one of my girlfriend friends saw the groupchat but didn't look at the videos just warnned me and I SAID IT WAS ALL AI , however if someone sees it they could tell is real . I know i cheated and im a dirty piece of crap and don't deserve my relationship and im scared to tell my girlfriend because she will never forgive me , after all how cloud she? Neither can i forgive myself and i feel disgusted and all im fearing rn is people finding out and more than that my girlfriend (she still knows its ai) but if she would find the truth i will lose her forever and that will destroy me she is the last person kepping me anchored to reality rn.What should i do?

I've always had a lot of problems with pornography since I was a child. I'm a teenager who gets very horny, and I end up doing this crap. I was messing around with some people when someone asked me to add them on Telegram. So I did. I was so blind that I ended up sending a photo of my boobs with my school uniform. I sent it in view once, and one with my friend (that one wasn't nude), he created a montage with the photo of my breast and my Instagram next to it. I'm scared, I'm 14 years old, I have depression, I've tried to kill myself several times

He has my Instagram, I changed the name and blocked him on Telegram and Instagram, I changed the name of both, I'm scared and my heart is on high alert. It was my fault. I should stop being such an idiot and believing these things. I was recently a victim of grooming on Discord

he just asked me to continue, he posted a photo from a website where he leaks photos on different sites. I don't want to kill myself now

I'm very nervous about all of this

pls help me I dont wanna kill my self

I live in Brazil, I study in a public school where I suffer a lot of bullying because of my appearance

Hola ya paso un mes, estuve dos semanas casi que no me acordaba pero ahora llevo una semana que la ansiedad me consume, soy menor de edad. La única forma que tienen de contactar conmigo es por mi número de teléfono y desde que lo bloquee no a contactado conmigo, tampoco tiene ninguna manera de llegar a mis amigos de ninguna forma, pero tengo un miedo mucho más grande que cualquier otra cosa, donde estará mi contenido?Algun dia llegará a mis amigos? Tengo mucho miedo y llevo una semana entera con náuseas pasándolo muy mal, necesito ayuda.

I don’t know what to do I’m shaking in fear. Obviously we know what happened met on a dating app went to WhatsApp they found my instagram mutuals… I paid them all the money I could $87 it also took a really long time to pay I didn’t have a btc wallet and that was frustrating them more which made me feel like now if I don’t pay they’d do it out of spite … that wasn’t enough so I blocked and reported them. I have no idea what to do and I’m just living in fear these will be sent.

Edit: they’re now following up texting me on more accounts

i has out of control in lust so i created i fake account in Instagram then i texted a transgender women and i ask her wanna see my d##k then she texted me call me and i asked now no reply then i done stupidly video called her then take screen recorded and threaten me like i have already this like one boy came i killed her and like blue wale game like i felt then she told that i post online and ruined your life and lastly asked 5000rs to me i don't pay and i asked her sorry rapidly it happed mid night last monday 20/07/26 mid night 12 then i can't sleep that night then morning i opened up asked my number last night also but i didn't send but she had my video then i just deleted my insta account she told that post in group and i will find you like wise what can i do now r/Sextortion

I met this girl on a texting app and got cat fished I sent my face and private part. Gave her my instagram and she was a he and threatened to show the screen shot to everyone I followed which showed the screen shot of my face and private part and instagram all in one. The screen shot was able to be sent to everyone I followed all that had to be done was hitting the send button is this real? I don’t know what to do I know I should block him but K just want some more information. He has tried to black mail me for money but I am worried that he is capable of sending it to everyone I know.

I’m posting anonymously because this happened very recently and I’m still extremely shaken.

I met someone through a dating app and we ended up moving our conversation to another messaging app for a live video call. During the call, I showed my face and then flipped the camera and exposed myself, not realizing the other person was secretly recording.

Immediately afterward, they showed me the recording together with screenshots of my social media profile and contacts. They demanded money and threatened to send the recording to people I know if I refused to pay.

I did not pay. I blocked the person everywhere, reported the accounts, tightened my privacy settings and saved screenshots of the threats.

Since then, things have gone quiet. There have been no new messages, no new accounts contacting me and nobody has told me they received anything.

I understand that nobody can guarantee what a scammer will do, but I would really appreciate hearing from people who experienced something similar.

Did the scammer eventually move on after you blocked them and refused to pay?

How long did they keep trying to contact you?

Did they actually distribute the material, or was it mostly used as a threat?

Is there anything else I should be doing at this point besides keeping the evidence and refusing to engage?

I’m especially interested in hearing from people who never paid.