Nigerian men arrested over Australia ‘sextortion’ death

Sextortion is a rising form of cybercrime in which a scammer, often posing as an online love interest, convinces an unwitting victim to send them sexual images. They then threaten to release the images if the victim does not pay up. — Photo by Andrew Guan on Unsplash

SYDNEY: Two men have been arrested in Nigeria after allegedly trying to extort an Australian teenager by threatening to release compromising photos of him online, Australian police said on April 8.

Detectives said the boy had killed himself after being threatened by the suspects in the alleged “sextortion” scam.