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How sextortion syndicates exploit fear, secrecy and ego
Private investigators say many victims pay hundreds of thousands of rand as scammers use intimate images, threats and shame to force silence.
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How sextortion syndicates exploit fear, secrecy and ego
Despite countless public warnings from experts and thousands of preceding victims, many people, particularly men, continue to fall for, become trapped in and, ultimately, be extorted through sextortion scams. Sextortion scams, which first made the news in 2018 with as many as 1 000 cases purportedly noted daily by private investigators and law enforcement at the time, have surfaced again in substantial volumes. Sextortion cases on the rise again…
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