Organised crime gangs are flooding university students' inboxes with blackmail demands, threatening to expose compromising ...

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Kurt "The CyberGuy" Knutsson gives warning about a new bitcoin blackmail swindle, along with what to look out for and how to ...

ALBANY — The New York State Police is warning the public about a nationwide automated sextortion scam, in which scammers use victims’ email addresses to coerce payments through intimidation and ...

(KRON) — The Alameda Police Department is warning residents about a rise in sextortion scams. The scam, according to police, begins with scammers reaching out to victims through social media or dating ...

Over the past decade, organized crime gangs working out of Southeast Asia have scammed people out of billions of dollars. Operating giant scam compounds—where experts estimate around 200,000 victims ...

In the first six months of 2024, Americans lost $65 million to Bitcoin ATM scams. The machines offer an easy way for people to get into cryptocurrency, and they're increasingly showing up in grocery ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Bryce Tate was a 15-year-old honor student at Nitro High School in Kanawha County, West Virginia. He was popular, active in his church, and close to his parents. November 6, 2025 ...

A suburban teen was the victim of a “sextortion” scam in suburban Palos Park, prompting a warning from police. The 18-year-old thought he was talking to a woman via an app called Yubo, and the other ...