David, a 32-year-old pharmacy technician, got carried away by flirty messages from a girl named Chelsea on Instagram. As she demanded a nude picture, he complied without much hesitation, leading to subsequent extortion threats.
The scam was orchestrated by a man from Nigeria posing as a girl named Chelsea, manipulating David into sending explicit images, followed by demands for money to prevent sharing them with his family and friends.
Financial sextortion, a modern form of cybercrime, preys on men through explicit image requests and subsequent extortion demands. It has rapidly grown into one of the fastest-growing cybercrimes, according to the F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security.
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