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Sextortion Scams Are Driving Teen Boys to Suicide (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What horrible people. Hearing their callous disregard for their victims is infuriating.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Absolutely. If you're passionate about it then you might want to learn more about how the scams are enabled by modern technology's complete disregard for security and privacy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Based on the article, they seem to be following scripts. It's unclear how well they even understand English.