Reports involving boys who had been groomed into producing explicit images and then extorted for money have more than quadrupled over the past year. 9News
who have masqueraded as a teenage girl to lure them into sending nude photos and compromising videos.
Predators will often manipulate boys into engaging in explicit activity on camera, which they then secretly record and use to extort money from victims."Tactics can vary, but child sex offenders commonly pose as girls and befriend boys via social media platforms, image-sharing apps or online games," AFP Commander for the ACCCE Hilda Sirec said, explaining the techniques used to target victims.
"We have seen predators initially demanding an impossibly large sum of money, then negotiating with the victim on a lower amount they could actually pay."
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