r/Sextortion • • 12d ago

In The News Digital Forensics Corp. finally sued by FTC

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The FTC sued Digital Forensics Corporation, related companies and owner Dmitry Belkin over services sold to people facing sextortion. According to the complaint, the defendants used victims’ fears to sell packages costing $1,499 to $20,000, then pressured them to pay thousands more for additional protection.

The FTC alleges that much of the promised work was never done, investigative reports contained fabricated information, and contractual refund promises weren’t honored. It also accuses the defendants of suppressing criticism and manufacturing positive reviews, and says consumers paid at least $60 million between February 2023 and July 2026. The complaint alleges six claims:

  • Count I: Misrepresentations Regarding Defendants’ Sextortion Assistance Services. Making false promises about stopping sextortion, investigating attackers, contacting law enforcement, monitoring accounts and providing refunds
  • Count II: Deceptive Consumer Reviews. Presenting fabricated, paid or coerced positive reviews as genuine accounts of customers’ experiences
  • Count III: Deceptive Telemarketing Calls in Violation of the TSR. Making misleading claims about the services and refunds during telephone sales calls
  • Count IV: Use of False, Fictitious, or Fraudulent Statements to Obtain or Attempt to Obtain, or Cause to Be Disclosed or Attempt to Cause to Be Disclosed, Customer Information of a Financial Institution. Using false service promises to obtain customers’ bank-account and payment-card information, in violation of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
  • Count V: Writing or Creating Fake or False Consumer Reviews and Testimonials. Creating reviews that falsely represented that the purported reviewers existed
  • Count VI: Purchasing Fake or False Consumer Reviews. Buying reviews the defendants knew or should have known misrepresented whether the reviewers existed or had experience with the services

The FTC is asking the court to stop the alleged practices, freeze assets, put a receiver in charge of the businesses and order financial relief for consumers. Depending on how the case ends, that could include refunds or cancellation of contracts with outstanding payments. The complaint alone doesn’t mean the companies are closing for good or that everyone will get their money back, but it puts both the way they operate and the money they collected under scrutiny.


r/Sextortion • • May 04 '21

New victims: Please read first

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If you're reading this, you're probably a recent victim of Sextortion and scared out of your mind.

First, take a deep breath…

Hopefully, this sub will be a safe place for you to share your experience and get advice from people that have already gone through what you have.

This post in NOT intended to be the "be-all, end-all" source of information. I'm writing this as an intro to being sextorted. That is all.

There is a really great analysis of our sub available here. It has all kinds of in-depth analysis of the scam, including how often leaks occur. I highly recommend you check it out.

Let me state this up front: Do NOT give into the blackmailer's demands! Do not pay them money, they will only ask for more. Do not give them more nudes (typical if you're female) if that's what they're asking for. They will use that to increase their leverage and they will NOT stop.

Do not negotiate. There is not point. You cannot trust anything they say. The best thing to do is cease all communication. In fact, removing any way for them to communicate with you is the best course of action. Disable/delete your account, if necessary.

Also, Reddit and is no substitute for professional help (i.e. a mental health expert). If you are feeling suicidal, please, seek immediate help (911, or your countries equivalent, and they will be able to get you help).

Yes, we do recommend that you contact your local law enforcement. They might not be able to help, and they may not be needed, but you should have them on your side just in case things go sideways. If you are underage, do not worry about getting into trouble. The police will not go after you for sending pics/videos as a minor. I hear this quite often from young victims. Don't worry about it.

I recommend you file a complaint with https://ic3.gov. Also, there is a new tool that might help keep your pics/videos from being shared: https://StopNCII.org. If you are a minor, a similar service is available at https://takeitdown.ncmec.org. If you from the UK, you can try https://revengepornhelpline.org.uk.

For underage victims, the InHope project has an extensive list of hotlines for all over the world: https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral

If your scammer is from the Philippines (which many are), you could try filing a complaint at https://acg.pnp.gov.ph/eComplaint/.

My last piece of advice is to talk to someone you know and trust. Trying to deal with this on your own is very difficult. Talking to someone will most certainly help you process the trauma and remove the feelings of isolation. Trust me.

Beware of "recovery scammers". These are the worst of humanity. They take advantage of you in your lowest, most desperate moment, by promising that they can "hack" the scammer's device to delete the pics/videos. They can't, and they won't. They will just take your money and do nothing. The last thing you need is to make things worse by putting your faith in "some dude on Instagram". We see them posting and commenting in the sub all the time, so you need to keep your guard up. If you are unsure, feel free to post the details on what they are proposing, before giving them anything. Oftentimes, their accounts are shadowbanned, which means they cannot initiate a chat or DM you, so they will ask you to chat/DM them first. This is a serious red flag. If in doubt, reach out to the sub or the mods. We'll help sort things out.

!!!!WARNING!!!!: Do NOT give anyone the contact information of your scammer (even if they promise to help)!!! They might just get in contact with them, get them to share your pics/videos, and then turn around and blackmail you as well. It's happened...just don't do it.


r/Sextortion • • 1h ago

Female Victim Ex keeps blackmailing

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I got a boyfriend for like 9 months, i know this is super inappropriate but im a minor, we did things (ifykyk) and also photos and videos like that, we just broke up last week and he knows my parents because i introduced them to him, and now he keeps threatening me that he will tell it to everyone and send it the photos or videos. Idk what to do, i know im also wrong because i agreed to doing things that any teenagers shouldn’t do but i trusted him that he wont tell anyone + now he’s also threatening me that he will tell my father that i do vape, smoke or drink before just because he’s getting jealous of someone getting near me.

He’s also 18 and im still a minor, is there anyway i can ask for help about this— from philippines btw. Im scared to ask someone for help especially my close friends and family since they didnt really know about this.


r/Sextortion • • 1h ago

What do people get out of going on dating sites and pretending to be someone just to fuck with u?

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r/Sextortion • • 12h ago

Got scammed in telegram

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I tried but she’s not backing off she just keep threatening me. Help me what should i do


r/Sextortion • • 3h ago

Female Victim What should i do when my ex brat keeps spamming me and threats me to leak my pics?

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Guys, we officially broke up one month ago, but that ex brat (26 yo) disturbs me and curse me every single day through my email address. Everybody told me to block and ignore that brat as much as i can, yes i did. However yesterday when i checked the spam folder, i received his 5 emails. He wrote that he had my pics and threatened me to leak my pics.

This is my first time to experience this situation. What should i do now TwT

Location: that brat is an indian but now living in dubai. This is an online relationship.


r/Sextortion • • 8m ago

Didnt know they can find an address from a phone number

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I was sextorted approximately a year ago. I gave my IG and Phone number. They threatened to leak to my followers. I paid $150, then blocked them. They tried contacting me again by messaging from a different number, calling me for a week in row, and making a groupchat with a bunch of strangers and then sending a cryptic message about having somebody’s nudes.

They stopped but I lived the next month is complete and devastating anxiety and panic attacks.

After I blocked the number that called me everyday for a week it was done and I have not heard of them since then.

I am peaceful now and confident that the nightmare is over…. UNTIL

I was talking to a guy who experienced the same thing and said his number was used to trackdown his address and his family’s names and contact information. This got me scared.

Its been almost a year of no contact and no sign of anything. I rarely even think about it but this new information got me really scared.

I know that there is a very very very low likelihood that they would comeback but idk lol


r/Sextortion • • 56m ago

Extorsionador

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Este wey, de la comunidad Tech, hace un tiempo se puso a quemar a un morro que ni al caso, (aprox 12 años) 3xt0rsionarl0, y am3nazarl0, aparte de llamar a su padre y otras cosas de más, Pedirle ubicación exacta, etc, y además de eso tenerle un odio bien grande, el cual se ve claramente en las capturas (rush, Rafael) son la misma persona, este wey de 20 años am3naz4nd0 y ext0rs1ónand0 a un m3nor, esos idiot**es la neta que no van ni con la comunidad, y dijeras el morro hizo algo, y nada que ver, así que adjunto pruebas de la funa que le hizo solo por qué se le antojo, y ahora le toca a el, aparte de ser un hipocrita, doble cara y rencoroso, Crees en Dios y eres hipocrita y rencoroso jajajaja, dan pena estos tipos sinceramente, adjunto pruebas, sus dos números y sus dos cuentas de Tiktok para que lo quemen, esperemos después de esta cambie, saludos ✌️

+52 56 6213 0454

+52 56 5183 3536

(Sus números, reportar teléfono y WhatsApp xfa)


r/Sextortion • • 1h ago

Male victim I was extorted on Telegram

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I was chatting with someone on telegram and like an idiot I added them to my contacts. I did not immediately send them anything, but as I got pressured I did. The immediately called me an idiot and threatened to send this to the fbi that I was threatening to rape them as well as my family and friends. I saw my picture at the top (no face involved thankfully), saw my telephone number on their mock-up, and didn’t read any further. They sent something else but I immediately went and deactivated the account. I didn’t even block them on telegram…which after reading all these posts and comments I should have. I took my phone number off facebook, made everything private where only I could see it on there, and my instagram profile was already private. I’m legit terrified. It’s been 2 hours and I haven’t heard from anyone, I’ve searched Facebook for my phone number (as that seemed to be the only id they seemed to have) and haven’t seen anything. I’m hoping this will blow over, but Jesus Christ I’m terrified. I did not allow telegram to sync with my contacts, so I’m praying they didn’t get any more info off of me other than my phone number, but I have no idea. Please tell me I’m blowing this out of proportion in my head. I don’t think my phone number was linked to anything else and I never received a text or anything outside of that initial telegram thread.


r/Sextortion • • 1h ago

Female Victim Thankyou for this sub

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Found this sub trying to figure out the best course of action - and thank you so much. Awful that this shit happens so often, but reassuring to know that I’m far from alone.

I had a nasty phone call earlier today - didn’t recognise the number, so didn’t answer, and they left a voicemail (more fool them… means easy access to evidence to give to police). But from someone purporting to be a maker of pornography, knows my name, knows where I live, and are in their words “willing to come work on me a little” to make me comply with their requests. They have to be chancers - my information is well and truly in the public domain, and nothing I do online, or off come to that, would be of interest to anyone, much less give them anything to exploit - but it’s a pretty icky feeling nonetheless. They have been blocked, reported to police, and I have a dog who could very successfully play the part of the Hound of the Baskervilles should anyone actually be stupid enough to come and physically threaten me (I think this is rather unlikely) but it’s not nice to have had the threat made in the first place 🫤


r/Sextortion • • 1h ago

He is continuing to harass me

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Last night I got into my snap to see he had unblocked me and texted me again, saying "hey my love I need help cumming, just remember I know your family and what school you go to and I have all the proof of how much of a s**t u are" instead of answering or accepting the request I just let it sit there and he eventually blocked me again and then today I get an add on Snapchat from an acc I know is obviously him bc the user is "money pics", I think he's trying to trick me into adding him back and talking to him again. I'm only 18 I've never even done anything like this before that night and I obviously learned my lesson immediately and I'm constantly having to rep the percussions of it. I've already changed all my usernames on my socials and done everything I could to be more private, besides my snap bc even if I change it he'll still be able to find it. If he does send the pictures and my parents somehow actually see them I plan on saying it was ai anyway I just don't know what to do anymore bc this is causing me genuine fear every night and I haven't slept more than 7 hours all together in the past 2 days now, I already have a lot of mental health issues and haven't been doing good recently anyway so I have been making irrational decisions like I did on Wednesday. If I could get any more advice I'd appreciate it, I want to talk to my mom about it but I know it'll sound crazy to her. I plan on saying something tomorrow tho.

Note: pls no scammers off of this post I'm looking for actual advice. No I'm not gonna give you his user, no I don't need you to set a "trap" for me. And no I am not discussing anything inappropriate like if I will send u nudes as well, I've more than learned my lesson from this experience and would prefer genuine advice on how to deal with this and move on with my life.


r/Sextortion • • 2h ago

Scared to make IC3 report

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Hello all, this has been a very helpful community.

I was extorted about 2.5 months ago after foolishly adding and talking with a scammer on telegram after a post they made here on reddit.

I've been chill the past few months, but just got really anxious again remembering all of this happened and want to make a IC3 report to establish myself as the victim in case they're using my photos to scam others, as well as to give account usernames to hopefully take the scammer down.

I start to fill out the form, but then get too scared to submit! I just get so ashamed and embarrassed and think that I'll actually somehow get in trouble from this whole ordeal for sexting. I also want to handle it discretely and hope that my family doesn't get paid a visit.

Other people who have submitted the IC3 report form, how did you feel? Did any other agencies ever follow up with you? How much detail should I provide? Can I simply state that I was sextorted and here are the usernames, or will that invite them to follow up for more information?

Thank you and take care.


r/Sextortion • • 11h ago

They contacted me again

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2 nights ago I fell for a Sextortion scam, this girl followed me on tiktok and we started chatting. Eventually she got me over to WhatsApp and got me to send an intimate photo, once I did there whole mood shifts and start sending dirty scary texts threatening to send to all my tiktok followers I blocked them straight away and heard nothing till 2 days later they contacted me again on a different number saying all the same shit and even getting miss calls from them. At the time I was asleep so I woke up to a bunch of notifications to this dirty scammer straight away I blocked and reported and am just hoping they don’t send anything out. I feel so stupid and ashamed of myself for falling for this.


r/Sextortion • • 10h ago

Female Victim I got blackmailed. is this all they wanted from me?

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r/Sextortion • • 9h ago

idk

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hi guys so i recently got asked to get a sugar daddy and i thought it was real because i ended up actually having a good conversation w them. i ended up sending a video on me stripping with undergarments on but as soon as i sent the video he deactivated his accounts and blocked me. the videos were on snapchat and were one time see only but i dont know whats happening. whats the likelihood of the vid getting leaked? he hasnt tried to blackmail me cuz he deactivated his accounts but im scared someone might try to.


r/Sextortion • • 9h ago

Male victim I just got blackmailed by a scammer.it started on yesterday on telegram he was pretending to be a girl and we chated for a long time about sexy stuf then they asked to give them a selfie after some time he said he wants to add on insta after i added him then he asked for a nude and i gave him for 5m

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What should i do now


r/Sextortion • • 12h ago

Female Victim Am I Unreasonable?

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I’m a grown woman. I know I’m responsible for what I give someone and the possible consequences. Thing is this happened in a year or so relationship. It was long distance and he had hundreds of pics. He wanted something daily even if I didn’t want to but I was afraid if I didn’t, he’d go elsewhere (have some past issues). Anyway, he lied about talking to thirst traps and exes. There are videos of me and I feel, although nothing compared to blackmail, violated. I feel used and not comfortable in my skin right now. I can’t shake it. He didn’t have nudes if an ex that I saw but when we were first talking he had like a provocative head and chest pic of his last situationship. The story always charged. Before break up it went from it was a year ago fling to two years ago. So he definitely kept that pic. The amount of he of me is making me feel like I’m not in ownership. I just wanted to know if anyone has a milder case that feels this sadness and violation? I can’t shake it


r/Sextortion • • 14h ago

Female Victim could potentially be leaked? what do I do

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i don't know if this is appropriate for the subreddit, but I sent nudes and other sexual humiliating photos/videos to a guy online. when I blocked him on telegram, he messaged me on discord and started making threats to unblock him or it would get "ugly", and before he blocked me told me to look out on twitter and reddit. i sent him imagery on my twitter as well but I cannot delete it as the account is suspended. i am extremely scared i don't know what to do, my face is in nearly all of those nudes and despite not knowing my information, I'm still afraid he could leak them online


r/Sextortion • • 17h ago

Male victim UPDATE: Sextortion scammer is threatening me again after I stopped paying and blocked multiple numbers

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Hi everyone,
I’m posting another update because I’m feeling scared again.
I previously paid a sextortion scammer around ₹58,000 after he threatened to share my private video with my family and Facebook contacts.
Since then, I’ve completely deleted my Facebook account, stopped paying, and blocked multiple numbers. I’ve acreated a StopNCII case.
After a few days of feeling better and getting back to my normal routine, I received another threat today.
I’m determined not to pay him anything else, but these repeated threats are affecting my peace of mind and sleep.
Has anyone experienced a scammer repeatedly returning after being blocked? Did they eventually stop? What helped you handle the situation?
I’d really appreciate advice from people who have been through something similar. Thank you.


r/Sextortion • • 21h ago

An adult is blackmailing me as a minor with so nudes

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A couple months back I was on snap and a guy randomly added me and we got to talking, it was nice. He was friendly, seemed normal and I was still new to having a phone so I didn’t think anything of it. At some point he sent ma a face pic and asked for one in return which I sent. He then grabbed random duck pics online, linked it with my face and number and threatened to release them. I blocked him and moved on.
Now a today they contacted me on WhatsApp with my name, address, bank details and ai nudes of me, threatening me for money and have also claimed they are going to hurt me. They know I’m a minor but aren’t stopping. I can’t contact the police because my parents are very strict and will blame me for this and when I tried to contact an online blackmail service they said they couldn’t help me cause I’m a minor.
Does anyone have any advice for me, I’m scared they’ll send people to my house to hurt me.


r/Sextortion • • 1d ago

Follow Up So i figured out how the scammers found my profile through telegram.

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While we were talking they said to add them to my contacts since my judgement was clouded at the time i didnt see anything wrong with it. But as i discovered you can search up a phonenumber on fb if they are within your contacts. So PSA to anyone with a connected phone no# to their facebook


r/Sextortion • • 1d ago

Male victim I got scammed

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I did not give them anything , just my phone no.

They dont have my social , nothing .

I didnt give in on the threats and cooperating , but can they actually leak it?

Ask me questions guys idk im way too scared i messed up big time


r/Sextortion • • 1d ago

Male victim Got sextorted on Discord two days ago

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I know it is nth time someone getting extorted. So basically a 20M from Asia. I was too horny that i connected to this girl(catfished obviously) on /ome.gg and we told to move to telegram, but as luck would have it my own account prevented texting on the app.

(My real name is never mentioned in any of the accounts that i used in this situation)

Then he said to move to discord and i was like ok fine. I luckily used an account with 0 friends and he asked for my instagram, as luck would have it , i shared an account that i use for relaxing and has 0 followers and only a few pages that i follow. He called out it to be a fake one but i assured it was me. ( no one even my parents or friends know about the account)
The funny part is he left it to be. Then he asked to send my photo (with face), here i made the dumbest mistake and sent one. Then he sent his (a fake girl's). Then he asked for d*ck pic with face - again i did the second dumb mistake and sent it) but luckily the photo had a small part of my jaw and not the face entirely. THen he sent a b**bs pic and then suddenly deleted it, i was a lil scared and rushed to delete the pics i had sent (which i did btw) but it was too late. He shared a collage and said i will post it on internet. The image exists on imagebb still. He asked me to send money via routegg steam gift cards, which i did because my panic and anxiety took over. I paid about the equvialent of $15-20 and then scared i fell asleep automatically. In the morning i checked discord and saw he was threatening, i checked google and immediately blocked the account. Now i have lost money and has been two days. But seeing people's experience here, i am thinking maybe i wasnt the only one

Also i have complained about the same on stopNCII, the imgbb support mail and to my national cybercrime portal too with evidence of the image. Because it was through routegg, i might not recieve my money back.

I have had panic attacks yesterday,as i was constantly checking the imgbb to see whether the view count has increased(which has increased ngl), but today when i went through this subreddit, i feel comforted and seeing that they rarely leak it.

I want to hear from you guys if i did the right thing except the payment and the actual dumb thing of sending it to a stranger on internet.


r/Sextortion • • 1d ago

Male victim I think I'll get black mailed and I'm scared

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I came to know a girl from one of the subs on Reddit and we eventually went to telegram

She told me to send her my face which I said no to and then she send her face and told me to do the same cause she trusted me and I should do the same So I did And we kept talking and exchanged nudes

Just to check I searched her nudes in Google lens and they were all fake, she even asked me to buy her something then went offline when I said no

So even the face pic and everything were fake, and I was so scared that I just blocked them and deleted the texts from both sides but now I'm just scared that they might have saved them and might share them

Also I'm in a country where I can't sue them for it

I'm 19 and that's the first time this happens to me


r/Sextortion • • 1d ago

Male victim Will they actually leak?

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I was dumb and didn’t even realize what was happening until it’s too late. They have my face/ nudes and Instagram. I’m honestly terrified by this I blocked them and deactivated everything