CCSO: Beware of ‘sextortion’ scams targeting teenagers - WCBD News 2

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by: Dianté Gibbs

Posted: Dec 27, 2022 / 10:44 AM EST

Updated: Dec 27, 2022 / 10:51 AM EST

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office is informing parents astir increasing cases of sextortion among teenagers and young adults.

In a Facebook post, CCSO said if your kid received a caller physics instrumentality for Christmas to “Beware of dangers they look online.”

“Law enforcement officials nationwide person seen an summation successful “sextortion” cases successful which young people, chiefly teenagers, are coerced by predators online to nonstop explicit images of themselves.”

The sheriff’s bureau has seen sextortion cases locally on with the uptick successful the unlawful blackmail reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, CCSO said.

Deputies are offering the pursuing tips:

Explain to your children the rules of online behavior. They should ne'er sermon enactment with anyone and ne'er nonstop explicit images.
Please show your children’s enactment online.
Victims of sextortion tin endure humiliation and depression. Provide enactment to your kid if they person been targeted, and see seeking assistance from a intelligence wellness professional.
Paying the wealth whitethorn not halt images from being leaked online. Consider contacting instrumentality enforcement oregon ineligible counsel first.

Any unlawful enactment tin beryllium reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children astatine 1-800-843-5678 oregon astatine report.cybertip.org.

Reports tin besides beryllium made to Charleston County astatine (843) 202-1700, immoderate section instrumentality enforcement, oregon the FBI astatine 1-800-CALL-FBI oregon tips.fbi.gov.