Just wanted to send you guys an email because it's still a very real threat going on and luckily, since I had never been aware of this scam, I was smart enough to keep myself safe!
that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
One man sent us a link to this listing, saying that he was targeted for sextortion after trading photos with the person who posted: A TDS Reader contacted us on November 20, 2017 to report that the sextortionists targeted him, though it wasn't on Facebook: "I met an id on a free chatting site.
After initial discussion it moved to skype and said she was looking for fun.
And if you did respond to this blackmail and send money, what would you expect to happen next? Read what the Reddit user described after he paid the blackmailer 00… Now we have to do your Facebook contacts and pictures! Well, the following morning, he creates a fake Facebook profile with my name and picture and friend requested my boss, parents, WIFE, some other close friends, past clients, etc.
A few of them accepted thinking it was me, AND HE SENT THE F###ING PHOTOS!
The scammer was threatening the victim continually through messaging, ultimately making his life miserable.
After a few days and more money going to the scammer, the victim said he was “DONE! He reported that it cost him a lot more than just money. Now he hopes that telling his story will help other guys avoid it. " UPDATE 7/23/17: On July 22 we received the following email from a 25 year old male...
Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.The Daily Scam is very sad to report a scam that seems to be targeting men on social media like Facebook, but then progressing to the use of Skype for video chatting. She manipulates the victim to include video of his face during their video exchange. Read this post by a Reddit user who was scammed this way and then blackmailed not to post the video of him captured by the scammer… They had one friend in common, and were saying they were in my same industry. The victim is coaxed into exposing himself during a skype conversation with a newly-friended woman who appears to be interested in video sex.'." The victim was told to purchase a moneygram and send it to someone named "Marvin Samsang" in the Philippines.Would you have done that to keep the embarrassing video from being posted and shown to all your friends, family and co-workers? I told him I had no more money and wasn't going to pay him anything else, hoping he was bluffing.