The FBI issued a warning to Americans that "malicious actors" are using artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes to manipulate photos and videos and trap victims into so-called sextortion schemes.

The other is financial sextortion, where scammers threaten to send those explicit photos to the victim’s friends or families. Between October 2021 and March 2023, the FBI and Homeland Security ...

The FBI, along with law enforcement in Canada, Australia, and Nigeria, carried out Operation Artemis, targeting sextortion schemes that have led to over 20 teen suicides in the U.S. since 2021.

The FBI is drawing attention to an upsurge in an online scam that's led some young victims to kill themselves. Under the "financially motivated sextortion schemes," criminals pose on social media ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — It's called "sextortion" and involves children and teens being threatened and coerced into sending explicit images online. The FBI has seen a huge increase in cases and so far ...

FBI officials in Cincinnati are issuing a warning over the increase in sextortion cases around the United States.The crime refers to when someone gets a sexually explicit photo and threatens to ...

The FBI said sextortion is a growing blackmail crime that affects thousands of teens every year. Two parents are on a mission to educate the public after they say the crime took the life of their ...

The FBI defines sextortion as an online scheme in which ... Federal investigators will continue their global disruption efforts, Totten said Sunday following the extradition: “To those engaging ...

The FBI has arrested 22 Nigerians in connection with a global sextortion scheme blamed for over 20 teen suicides in the U.S. since 2021 Operation Artemis, a first-of-its-kind international effort ...

Educators, doctors and parents should stay up to date with NCMEC and FBI alerts to follow trends in online abuse. If you want to talk to your teenager about sextortion, here are some things you ...

The FBI has arrested 22 Nigerians allegedly involved in a financially motivated sextortion scheme that has been blamed for more than 20 teen suicides in the United States since 2021, the agency ...

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported over 34,000 sextortion victims in 2023, rising to more than 54,000 last year, with financial losses totaling nearly $65 million over the ...