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Lucy Wigley

Why are sextortion criminals targeting boys? An expert shares how they’re being singled out

Worried teenage boy looking at his phone.

It might come as a shock that sextortion criminals are targeting boys over girls - an expert shares why they're more likely to be victims of this devastating crime.

Parents concerned about cyberbullying and searching for internet safety tips have a serious threat to consider - if you want to keep your children safe online, you need to know about the rise in sextortion victims. This digital crime involves young people being tricked or blackmailed into handing over intimate pictures to criminals, who then make financial demands and threaten to release the pictures if money isn't handed over to them. 

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