How to Use sextortion in a Sentence

sextortion

noun

• Over a dozen of the sextortion victims died by suicide, the FBI says.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 13 May 2023
• The features are aimed at stemming the tide of sextortion scams, the company writes in a blog post about the changes.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 26 June 2024
• There has been a huge spike in sextortion cases in recent years.
  — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2024
• In sextortion, scammers send a nude photo to a victim and ask for one in return.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
• As the crime becomes more common, there is more help available to help victims of sextortion.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2024
• Once the predators receive even the very first nude images, the extortion — or sextortion — begins.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2022
• More than a dozen sextortion victims were reported to have died by suicide.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2023
• The panelists shared how the crime was primarily affecting teenage boys and that the sextortion was occurring across all walks of life.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2023
• But the agency issued the alert as it’s seen thousands of sextortion schemes targeting minors.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 5 June 2023
• This new breed of sextortion also had a new primary target — boys.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2024
• Guffey says at least one or two families whose children have been victims of sextortion reach out to him daily.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
• The Naperville Police Department has released its mid-year crime data, which show there was an increase in drug overdose and sextortion cases in the first half of 2023 compared to the first half of last year.
  — Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
• No arrests have been made in Streetsboro’s sextortion cases.
  — Stephanie Warsmith, USA Today, 9 May 2023
• The death in Ventura County was the second linked to sextortion in California alone in a three-month period.
  — Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• With many of the perpetrators of sextortion located outside of the U.S., O'Malley said an arrest isn't likely to happen.
  — Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
• Some teens fall for scams, including sextortion, but the vast majority don’t.
  — Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 20 June 2024
• Snap released new features last month intended to protect teen users from sextortion scams.
  — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 22 July 2024
• Wilson is currently serving a 30-month sentence for sextortion schemes, as well as his role in the drinks-throwing ‘Slushygate’ scandal.
  — Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 11 Jan. 2024
• The incidents, which are called sextortion, more than doubled during the pandemic.
  — Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• Nearly half of those who shared explicit pictures were met with sextortion attempts.
  — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 15 May 2024
• Instagram will test a new feature that blurs nudity in messages in an effort to curb sextortion on its platform.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
• More than a dozen sextortion victims were reported to have died by suicide, according to the Department of Justice.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 3 May 2023
• Abuse of the app by predators fits in with what authorities and experts say is a broader rise in sextortion schemes targeting minors online.
  — Khadijah Khogeer, NBC News, 19 July 2023
• According to the study, most sextortion scams originate from either Nigeria or Cote d'Ivoire.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 July 2024
• Why sextortion threats are targeting young boys and the Florida Panthers captured their first Stanley Cup.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
• Determined to prevent other kids from falling prey to sextortion, Brandon has turned his grief and pain into action.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
• Websites or apps that include chatting features can leave room for sextortion, such as Snapchat, Instagram or Discord.
  — The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2024
• And while sextortion schemes are nothing new, the report found a rising trend in financial sextortion that appears to target boys and involves demands for money.
  — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
• Meanwhile, social media companies are playing catch up to stem the tidal wave of sextortion scams targeting children.
  — Chris Moody, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• The number reflects all types of sextortion reported, not any one particular scheme.
  — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024