jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoUS woman arrested, accused of targeting young boys in $1.7M sextortion schemearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1213arrow-down1external-linkUS woman arrested, accused of targeting young boys in $1.7M sextortion schemearstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square16linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoAbsolutely horrific and, apparently, it worked for them for quite some time and generated a lot of money for them. You wouldn’t think targeting minors would be a money-making scam. Where were these kids getting the money from?
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI imagine parents got involved in some cases
Absolutely horrific and, apparently, it worked for them for quite some time and generated a lot of money for them. You wouldn’t think targeting minors would be a money-making scam. Where were these kids getting the money from?
I imagine parents got involved in some cases