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Extortion and threats

Threats to publish images or stolen data, or to cause harm, unless the victim pays.

Scam types

Financial sextortion of children and teens
Financial sextortion is a crime in which an offender, often posing online as someone the same age, pressures a child or teen into sending a sexual image and then threatens to share
"I recorded you" email sextortion
Email sextortion is a mass scam email claiming the sender hacked your computer or webcam and recorded you watching adult websites, and demanding bitcoin to stop the video being
Data theft extortion
Data theft extortion is an attack in which criminals copy a company's data, often after tricking staff by phone or bribing insiders, and then demand payment not to publish or sell
Hitman and death threat scam
The hitman scam is a threatening message from someone claiming to have been paid to kill you, who offers to call off the hit, and sometimes reveal who ordered it, if you pay. The