Online blackmail scams known as sextortion are making headlines across the nation and here in Northeast Wisconsin.

Morgan Moore has spoken out after her 14-year-old son Caleb took his own life after becoming a victim of sextortion after ...

It's called "sextortion" and involves children and teens being threatened and coerced into sending explicit images online.The FBI has seen a huge increase in cases and so far the agency's Houston ...

The Joplin Police Department is raising red flags after seeing a troubling rise in sextortion cases involving minors across ...

Sextortion-related tips to the FBI rose by 30% The FBI said it has detected "a huge increase" in sextortion attempts on minors, often males between the ages of 14 and 17, reached via Instagram ...

Sextortion, a growing threat to minors, is sweeping across the nation, and becoming a significant concern in Arkansas. The Arkansas Internet Crimes Against Chil ...

Cases of sextortion -- conning teens to share explicit images online and then using the images for blackmail -- have so far this year already passed the number of incidents reported in the state ...

The FBI says the crime has grown rapidly in recent years, with more than 54,000 cases reported in 2024, up from 34,000 a year earlier. At least 20 victims have committed suicide since 2021, the ...

Surge in sextortion cases targeting teen boys Surveillance camera footage from the lobby of a building down the street from the U.S. Capitol provided a break in the three-year search for the ...

According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, there were 139 cases of sextortion in 2021. By 2023, there were over 26,000 cases reported. That is an 18,000% increase in the ...