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Related News: If You Make a Death Threat With Emojis, It’s Still Illegal

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Time NewsFeed published an article titled If You Make a Death Threat With Emojis, It’s Still Illegal.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s a ransom note made of cut-out magazine letters or a simple pair of smartphone smiley faces—threatening someone with violence is totally illegal. Noisey writer Fletcher Babb found out the deadly power of emoji when a would-be drug dealer posted a dead face next to a gun in an Instagram blackmail.

Source: Time NewsFeed

Related News: Arrest made in Miss Teen USA ‘Sextortion photos’ case

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WTVR published an article titled Arrest made in Miss Teen USA ‘Sextortion photos’ case.

A college student was arrested Thursday for allegedly hijacking the webcams of young women — among them reigning Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf — taking nude images, then blackmailing his victims to send him more explicit material or else be exposed.

Source: WTVR

Related News: Reports: Teen Daniel Perry commits suicide over Skype blackmail scam

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN published an article titled Reports: Teen Daniel Perry commits suicide over Skype blackmail scam.

Reports that a Scottish teenager took his own life after becoming the victim of an alleged Internet blackmail scam have heightened concerns in Britain over online abuse.

Daniel Perry, from Dunfermline, was reportedly the victim of blackmailers who recorded his interactions via Skype with a person he believed was an American girl his own age.

Source: CNN

Related News: Sexy scammers entice men into stripping on webcam, then blackmail them

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Ars Technica published an article titled Sexy scammers entice men into stripping on webcam, then blackmail them.

The women “initiate cybersex” with the men over video chat, stripping for them and then encouraging them to do the same. The men are told to perform sex acts on camera for the women, and the video feeds are recorded. The men are then contacted later and told that the videos will be posted in public if the victims don’t wire money to the scammers.

This is the second time this year that Singapore authorities have issued an alert regarding this sort of cyber-extortion. In August of 2012, police issued a similar warning after having more than 32 reported cases in the first half of the year. There were only 11 reports of similar cases in all of 2011.

Source: Ars Technica

Related News: Indiana Man Charged With ‘Sextortion’

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. NEWSER published an article titled Indiana Man Charged With ‘Sextortion’.

(Newser) – The FBI has arrested an Indiana man who allegedly blackmailed 14-year-old boys into uploading sexually explicit images and videos of themselves, MSNBC reports. According to chilling court documents, Richard Leon Finkbiner, 39, befriended the boys online and enticed them into uploading the explicit material. He then threatened to show it to friends or family if they wouldn’t upload more. Worse, evidence on Finkbiner’s computer suggests “several hundred” other victims of roughly the same age.

Source: NEWSER