I googled ‘Do teens sell feet pics’ and, low and behold, they do. The dangerous trend became popular during the lockdown when we were home-schooling and working remotely, according to Detective Brandon James of the Seattle Police Department (SPD).
He said teens/tweens selling foot pics online isn’t the only issue, as the number of exploited children has steadily risen since the start of the pandemic.
Sextortion is defined as a non-physical form of coercion to extort sexual favors, typically seen online. “And we’re finding that this is both a U.S.-based and internationally-based scam that law enforcement all across the country, the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations internationally are aware of this, and we’re investigating,” James said.“Do not give any money whatsoever. Do not provide any money. There’s also going to be an inconvenience because we are going to ask that you shut down your social media, especially the platform you were sharing on,” James said.
James said these situations can become tragic, as a young man who was entangled in a sextortion incident became so embarrassed that, within hours of being sextorted, he took his own life.“He decided within eight hours of the initial sextortion to take his own life,” James shared.
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