What to do if you are threatened with sextortion

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

The picture-taker hits send. The threats begin. Take a breath; there are things you can do.

1. First of all, don’t pay the scammer.