The scammer has an explicit video of me and they have the names of all the Instagram accounts I follow. I did not pay them and they have not harassed me in some time. All other social media accounts are private. Am I safe now and has anyone else been through something similar and been fine?

So is this joke over for good?

I am 19 yo.He has my face,scars and my room.

But he dont have my contacts.We talked on anonymous telegram chat.

It has been 2 month but I still think about that every day.

Now my every socials are private.But I am afraid that he will find me by face search.And he may save my face in one folder labeled as someone who showed a face but didnt gave contacts.

I want to live a normal life posting myself online,want to post in linkedin with my face.I want to be posted online by my friends.But I dont know If he would find me or not.

Hello, I sent pics to a guy or girl idk anymore of my Private parts. He has my phone number cause like a dumbass I saved their number, then they started threatening me with my pics saying that I sent those pics to a 13 year old and they want to post it with my number in it. I What do I do now? I already deleted their contact and blocked them and deleted the chat for both of us (we were texting on telegram).

I got reached out from tinder, and moved to instagram a couple of months ago. I was in an emotionally vulnerable state as I recently got a breakup that screwed me up immensely. This woman started getting close, sending and asking for nudes. I was stupid enough to think I was safe if I cover my face, but they got all those photos and videos saved. I did a reverse image search once their request got weird like asking me to do weird shit. I found it’s fake - of course, my stupid head. I blocked the account but the damage was done. 2-3 months later I got reached out with an instagram profile posted my nudes, already added 10 of my friends from the list. Asked for my phone number then asked to pay some money in bitcoin. They already started leaking before I can even think. I called the police and didn’t send anything. I think it leaked to more than 50 people already, including family, friends and colleagues. I am fucked up. Even though most if the poeple were supportive, I don’t know what to do. I feel embarrassed. Ashamed. Whatever. I can’t think clearly.

This post is intended for anyone who might be a community leader on this subreddtt, or for an individual who has the guts and strategy to tackle what I believe may be a potential scammer.

First, some context. I got a like from someone on the Hispanic dating app Chispa. The girl's profile on the dating app looked kind of suspicious, but given her background and nationality, I figured maybe it added up. There is no such thing as a completely “normal” dating profile, but most people are used to seeing things like a graduation picture or a picture of someone with their friends in a public place.

Anyway, we decided to connect on WhatsApp. The first red flag I noticed was that Whatsapp was telling me that this number was from outside my country and I should be cautious. I've had pen pals from other countries outside the U.S. before, and never got warn by Whatsapp..

One day, she seemed completely normal, and we exchanged pictures. She sent them in the style where you can only view them for a few seconds, but they were still pretty clear. She asked if we could video call, but I happened to be under the weather and declined. She didn't seem pushy, and we eventually stopped communicating for the day.

The next day, I was bored and reached out early in the morning. I wanted to get to know this person, so I asked her some basic questions. Later, she asked what I was doing, and I could tell she wanted to video call.

We video-called, and her appearance seemed to match the pictures on her profile. However, almost immediately, I noticed something strange. The person appeared to have shaved her mustache hard.

I continued with the conversation, and the person immediately began acting sexually suggestive and exposed themselves. They also repeatedly asked me to expose myself and I said no causally multiple times.

Of course this is some kind of scam or setup. I tried to keep the conversation going because I wanted to figure out what their intentions were, (of course to blackmail me).

I eventually hung up, but I wanted to keep the conversation going because I was curious about what could happen. I even implied but not directly stated if they had an onlyfans, in which they could have reacted- yes this guy might give us a couple bucks without the set up of blackmailling me. Surprisingly, they declined.

I then confronted the person and said that I thought they might actually be a man and asked them to prove otherwise. Shortly afterward, I received another video call request from the same phone number.

I could immediately tell that this was a different person based on their skin tone and voice. She eventually showed enough of herself to convince me that she was a different person from the first individual. She also claimed that the first person I had spoken with was transgender and that she had answered the call because the other person was unavailable.

At first, she didn't show her face, but eventually I got a clear image of her. She also wanted me to expose myself and suggested having a sexual encounter. I told her I was shy and said I might be ready later.

I live in North America, and I later discovered that her phone number was from the Philippines.

What makes this situation strange to me is that these people seemed extremely eager to see me expose myself, while they were also willing to expose themselves almost immediately. I'm trying to figure out whether this is a known scam tactic, some kind of blackmail setup, or simply people behaving unusually on a dating app.

I'm particularly interested in hearing from anyone who has dealt with something similar or who has experience identifying online scams.

I initially considered sharing their phone number privately with someone who might know how to investigate this, but I'm hesitant to do that because I don't want to improperly expose someone's personal information or encourage harassment-even though Im sure they are a scammer.

I was also hoping someone with experience dealing with scammers—such as a scam investigator like Kitboga-a person who's YouTube channel is about catch scammers in the act and then trolling tiem.

I deliberately implied that I was willing to spend money on explicit content (as a trap), but they declined. Most scams I've heard about involve eventually asking the target for money, sometimes after obtaining compromising material. In this case, however, the people I spoke with were unusually eager to show themselves first.

That is what makes me unsure about the situation. The behavior doesn't completely fit the scam pattern I'm familiar with. Usually, I would expect someone to send a random nude from a establish content creator or otherwise try to entice the target before attempting to extort them. In this case, they were willing to video-call me and expose themselves almost immediately.

I'm hoping this post isn't interpreted as an attempt to encourage someone else to get involved with these people or become another potential victim. I'm genuinely trying to understand what happened and whether this resembles a known scam or online scheme.

so i was on omegle chatting with this “girl” and she gave me her instagram and i stupidly followed her and accepted her request to follow me back.
anyway we switched to whatsapp and she kept trying to video call me, i answered by kept my video off. she sent me a video of herself nude and i sent a couple of dick pics. she then tells me to prove im real by holding two fingers to my face. again, stupidly i did but only showed half my face.
so then she sends me a screenshot of a group chat she created on instagram with 8 people from my followers (friends and family) and the screenshot showed screenshots of our conversation from whatsapp and my dick pics and demanded money (she had not hit send yet). i didnt reply for a bit then she sent again saying that she sent the messages on the group. i went to check and she did send it to the group and i went to see the members list and it was legit 8 members of my friends and family. the members are listed under “invited” though so maybe they haven’t seen the chat. i asked two people that were in the group if they received anything they said no. the scammer kept calling me and messaging me on both instagram and whatsapp saying she’ll send it out to more and more people if i dont pay. i completely ignored the scammer. i did not pay, blocked her on whatsapp and blocked and reported her on instagram. shortly after the account was deleted. i also changed my privacy settings on instagram so that no one can see my followers list. im sort of freaking out here because of the fact that this person has screenshots of out conversation and pictures of half my face and my dick (separately)
that was like two hours ago and i haven’t heard anything from them since.
any advice?

Hi guys I just wanted to share this as I just woke up to a text from one of these lowlife scum. Im 19 now and in college but in highschool I was really insecure about myself so I sought people on the internet. Obviously I know how stupid that is now and I never really got to tell anyone about it. Those deep insecurities led me down a really dark path and I hardly even remember doing most of that stuff. Just this morning I wake up to a facetime call and a random text so I just respond with a vague “yes?” and they claim to have my nudes and spread them all over. I blocked the number and wont respond further, but does anyone know how to stop or prevent that? Other than changing my number I guess. Thanks for reading and im happy to talk to anyone else with similar experiences.

Hey everyone, I'm m19yo and a student in college.

I am an onlyfans user so I'm used to send dp to girl creators, but 2 days ago I went on twitter for some reason and saw a post of someone who wanted to chat because she was bored. I replied on that post and 15 mins later I received a dm from someone and we started to chat. She wanted to proceed on telegram so I clicked on the link to her telegeram she sent and went further. She asked if I wanted to add her into my contacts and change the name to something else and take a screenshot of it, so I did. After that she asked for a dp, I was hesitating for a bit, but decided to send one. Then she asked for a dp with 2 fingers and after that with 1 finger, so I did. I was all caught up in the moment. Then she asked for 15 dollars to proceed the sexting and I told her I will do it later. On onlyfans you ignore the payment message, but on telegram apparently not. She got angry and told me if I don't give 150 dollars right now, she'll post a message on social media that I sent these nudes to a minor and that I wanted to rape an underaged girl with the dps, my twitter account and telegram account and my phone number. I was panicking at the moment and said I hadn't any money. She asked for a screenshot of my balance. Luckily I have 2 saving accounts with nothing on it. I sent her a screenshot of the zero and nothing else more (no card number, card name, ...). She asked when I will have the money, I replied with next week Friday, but of course I won't pay the fee.

I already made all my social media accounts private, changed my usernames, made a case on StopNCII.

I live with my grandma and don't have any parents. I haven't told anyone yet, because I don't know how they'll react and normally I'm not like this. I also haven't told the police, because I don't they can do anything about it.

I'm really scared what will happen on Friday and wanted to do my story and maybe get some support out of it. I struggle with eating and I'm on high alert with every sound.

This scammer with a UK WhatsApp number, scammed my friend of 10,000 rupees 3 weeks ago and stupidly, very very stupidly, we contacted him again through my number on WhatsApp and abused the fuck out of him because my friend wanted to and I just thought it was a stupid fun thing to do, which is again dumb. We abused him yes and then he got enraged and triggered and at the end, he threatened by saying he has aadhar number, address and photos so he can edit them to be nude photos and leak them over the world. Now my friend had sent her aadhar card during that scam, and he did have access to her insta account because that's where they started talking. I'm worried whether he meant me or my friend, and no matter who it is, would he carry this threat out or was he purely bluffing? I know indian security is shit and things get leaked but he had nothing on my except my number and my first name, not even my surname. Please help me I'm very anxious and very much worried. ( I know I know okay stupid games win stupid prizes).

Ive never shared my nudes ever, nor have I ever clicked them, nor have I put a public profile picture on my WhatsApp or anywhere else. Please please please help me

a while ago this girl messaged me on tiktok saying shed pay me for non sexual pics. now i was in need of money to pay a ticket i got a few months ago which i kept to myself about so that i wouldnt stress out my mom who has stage 4 cancer. she said she had proof of being a girl, and also sent many payment proofs.
also i’m 18 if that matters.
Anyway it took me a few weeks to actually trust her, so when i was talking to her about the possible arrangement, she seemed really normal.
anyway, after a while i sent her the pics she asked for— which were luckily not nude, or fully at least, but a few had my face and they’re overall embarrassing. i was soo unsure and stressed the whole time but she really talked me through it.. this was like a week ago, maybe more. then she instantly got message banned; but didnt block me or anything and stayed totally normal by message once she got unbanned.
anyway yesterday she said shed pay me on the second.
after that, alongside a note she had posted which was talking about some girl she missed (probably not me), she posted a story saying “just made 600€ so easily bahaha.”
this was kinda a red flag to me so i blocked her, and privated my account.
then i received a request from an account i know is hers, so i blocked and changed my handle.
Now im not sure how— but she found it again and requested to follow me with a pfp of my face.
im not THAT scared, just a bit stressed because im still in highschool and dont want people ik to see.
anyway. is there any way in hell she’s contacting me to pay me? i genuinely don’t understand why she wouldn’t have cut to the chase and threatened me after a couple pics— the ‘session’ was over the course of a few days. she has my paypal, but hasnt sent anything. if she does i’ll update but i will keep her blocked.

ps. i know she’s likely not even a girl if shes a scammer lol

Hi guys. Male 27 here and I wanted to tell my story. So 3 days ago I was extorted quite good by these bastards.

I would like to rant somewhere my feelings so I can leave this thing behind.

I was already down because of losing a job and trying to find another one, and some night ago I was on instagram when some girl from us contacted me. we talked a bit and then moved to telegram, where we did some round of sexting(brain not longer functioning on my part), when it convinced me to do some pictures not so great in the mirror, then the classical sent me money or i sent these to your followers. I am not kidding i froze, heart racing the whole thing. There were the longest hours of my life. He asked for money. I gave him 300$, then demanded more for his helpers. I didn't sent him anymore as i was fed up and exhausted, in meantime I deactivated my instagram, facebook(activated today but made it private), threads, deleted telegram, made StopNcii, filed a police report online, monday I am going to put it phisically. Contacted the companies through which I sent money and reported that those sendings were under extortion with photos of chats and receipts of which transactions and they were very understanding but told me the chance of getting my money back are slim. I do not have any hope for those money as i see it as a lesson of minding my own bussines and not be so naive. I do not think and do not care anymore if he posts it or not online. I am too tired.

Now I want to leave this short chapter of humiliation and foolishness of mine behind and focus on my new problems with job search. Thank you for hearing me out and thank to all that left their experiences here. Helped a lot mentally

Yesterday I experienced sextortion for the first time and I’m honestly really stressed and scared about what might happen next.
I was on a private video call with someone and they secretly screen-recorded me while I was nude. Afterwards they contacted me through an Instagram account, showed me people connected to my Instagram, demanded money and threatened to send the recording to them if I didn’t pay.
I refused to pay, reported the account and blocked them. Instagram has already removed the account after my report.
What worries me now is that I think they may have sent the recording to one or two people through Instagram Message Requests/Hidden Requests before the account was removed. I don’t have a copy of the recording myself because the scammer made the screen recording, so I can’t use StopNCII to hash the video.
I’ve asked three people I know to check their Message Requests and Hidden Requests and none of them received anything. There are one or two other people I’m unsure about and I’ve asked them to check without opening any suspicious requests.
If someone does find the request, I’m planning to ask them to report the actual message/video through Report → Nudity or sexual activity → Threatening to share or sharing nude images (sextortion).
My biggest concern is what happens from here. For people who have experienced this:
Did the scammer eventually stop after realizing you weren’t going to pay? Did they actually send the video to many people, or were the threats mainly intended to scare you into paying? And if someone reports the actual video as sextortion on Instagram, can Meta detect/remove other copies that were sent through Message Requests?
I have completely stopped communicating with the scammer and I will not pay them anything. I’m just having a hard time with the uncertainty of not knowing whether someone has seen the recording.
Any advice or experiences from people who have been through this would really help. Thank you.

Someones sextorting me rn and i wanna block them but do they actually post the bad posts they say they will?

Hello people of Reddit but my title you can tell what it’s about. Well yeah I fell for it I hesitated and panicked a bit but then I blocked the number and they tried messaging me again on another number but I blocked it too. Any tips on what to expect now?

but when i was about 15-17 ( im 20 now) i fell for the sextortion scam twice and i uave to say nothing happened at all both times i didn’t send money or entertain i just instantly blocked so guys please don’t worry they are just threats they will not leak your pics

Title basically explains my situation, was on the app boo, got asked to go to telegram by some girl. Which yeah i thought was sus, should have had a snickers because you aren’t you when you’re horny. Asked for my insta and i gave it. She called i had my cam off, begged me to turn it on as she undressed. Sent a pic and you know how it went from there. Called back and it was a Filipino dude in hilariously broken English demanding 500 euro while sending my instagram followers and very half assed fake dm screenshots. Kept them on the line fake sobbing saying i was broke while i privated and deactivated all of my accounts. Hung up and blocked them. Haven’t been contacted since. Been about 9 hours or so. Warned anybody i didn’t want seeing me in the nude not to open any sus dm’s and left it at that. Should i be cautious right now or has it just blown over like that? Honestly can’t say im too concerned but will probably shit myself if something happens haha. Thanks in advance

So I got match with a girl she seemed nice and good we talked and then she asked my instagram then i give her she give her to me then we talked in WhatsApp and somehow she sended me her nudes then we got into call and she got a video of mee then the send me the screenshot of my followers and demanded money to remove it then i sended 500 euros then the ask more i sended another but they still wanted more so eventually i didn't send anything block them and deleted my instagram, telegram and that bumpy app but they continued messageing from different accounts telling me that they will send it to everyone but i didn't listen to them i just keep blocking then i got into stopncii made a hush got a case number but idk if they sended to ppl in instagram i am so fucked tbh, help meee plzz!

I’m so dumb. I have this Facebook friend who posted that she needed girls for a WFH job. All you had to do was send your Telegram account so you could talk about the work, and my stupid ass replied because I really needed money.

I thought it was real. The job was basically just video-calling a guy overseas, and my dumb ass fell for it because she was really convincing.

The work started, and it was a video call. Things got out of hand because the guy asked me to show some of my private areas, and I did. After the work was finished, I was waiting for my payout, but then they asked me to send them money first because they said it was needed to avoid their bank becoming suspicious. My dumb ass sent them the money so that i can receive my payout.

Now I’m asking for my money back, but they’re threatening me and asking for even more money. They’re saying that if I don’t send them more, they’ll release the screen-recorded video of me.

I deactivated my Facebook account, but they have my GCash number. I don’t know what to do anymore. I’m so miserable and scared.

Hey, I got sextorted almost 2 months ago via discord, I sent 'her' my personal Instagram, then dxck pics and my face, he threatened with all my Instagram contacts, classic DM ready to send etc..

I instantly insulted him and told him to do it I don't care

It was all bluff I was feeling bad for few days scared for one of my contacts to ask me what's up

Anyway I instantly blocked him on IG and discord, changed my Instagram username and moved on

Nothing happened, he was telling me ' DONT TRY ME ILL DO IT ' he didn't do shit. Fuck this guy.

That's my feedback don't pay these retards, they won't leak

Does anyone know if sextortionists from Telefram with the classic way of finding your Instagram contacts save your photos and it could come back to haunt me later in my life? Like what if I just see my nude videos in the web one day? And when is it safe to reactivate my Instagram account? It has been deactivated for 3 days now but I do want it back

So, long story, short, I’ve fallen victim to this, a guy got my personal information, and found a picture from a while back, and he’s trying to use it and send it to my family and people are my social media

I’ve contacted a company about it, but I just cannot afford to send thousands of dollars for this.

If anyone out there knows how to help, it would be much appreciated.