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UGA student reports sextortion attempt

Summary by Classic City News
By Joe Johnson A 20-year-old student recently reported to police that someone tried to extort him. He said that he had been engaged in conversation with a male through the Grindr app and after having provided him with nude photo of himself the male threatened distribute them to his family members if he didn’t pay $1,000. The profile used by the extortionist was deleted from Grindr soon after the incident.
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UGA student reports sextortion attempt

By Joe Johnson A 20-year-old student recently reported to police that someone tried to extort him. He said that he had been engaged in conversation with a male through the Grindr app and after having provided him with nude photo of himself the male threatened distribute them to his family members if he didn’t pay $1,000. The profile used by the extortionist was deleted from Grindr soon after the incident.

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Classic City News broke the news in on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
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