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Financially motivated sexual extortion: guidance for parents and carers

Financially motivated sexual extortion: guidance for parents and carers

Financially motivated sexual extortion: guidance for parents and carers

You may have recently heard of Financially Motivated Sexual Extortion (FMSE), sometimes referred to as ‘sextortion’. This is when an offender threatens to release nude or semi-nude images and/or videos of a victim, unless they pay
money or meet another financial demand, such as buying a pre-paid gift card.

Victims of any age and gender can be targets. However a large proportion of cases involve male victims aged 14-17.

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