At 10 p.m. she said goodnight. By 2 a.m. he had been scammed and died by suicide, 'His note apologized for not being smarter. To him, he wasn't smart because he fell for this scam.'
A young boy's curiosity about the opposite sex coupled with his love for social media and the speed of the Zelle money app turned out to be a costly combination.
That threat to share the photo and the demand for more money from the online scammer continued relentlessly. The FBI says they've seen an increase in"sextortion" this year, targeting teens, specifically teenage boys. "Report it immediately," he said."The recommendation is don't send money. Sometimes these images do get shared if you ignore the call for funds from the extorters, but we find that if you ignore them, they typically go away."
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