Scammers target teens who are too trusting — then put their mental health and reputations at risk.

Perpetrators are counting on boys who are lonely, numb and too ashamed to speak. Connection is the one thing they cannot ...

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WBAY) - A crime that targets teens is seeing a massive increase in today’s digital age. It’s called “sextortion,” when someone threatens to release embarrassing or sexual material ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University Police have issued a Community Notice following reports of online fraud and harassment schemes aimed at students. University Police Chief Sherry St. Clair ...

A 19-year-old Temecula man was arrested and charged in connection with an alleged "sextortion" scheme involving Miss Teen USA, the FBI said on Thursday. Jared James Abrahams was arrested on suspicion ...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WBAY) - The father of a sextortion victim from Marquette, Michigan, continues to share his son’s story in hopes of making children and parents aware of the continued dangers of the ...

A high school student in Pennsylvania is facing hundreds of felony sex crime charges after police uncovered a sextortion scheme targeting other teenagers. Zachariah Abraham Meyers, an 18-year-old ...

Sextortion cases targeting Wisconsin youth jumped from approximately 170 in 2023 to more than 650 in 2025, with overall cyber tips rising from 7,000 in 2022 to 11,000 in 2024 The crimes primarily ...

The sting operation targeted criminal networks behind online romance scams and sextortion schemes. The crackdown, coordinated by Interpol and backed by UK funding, ran from July to August this year.