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How can you protect yourself against blackmail and the leak of private photos online?

DO NOT PAY RANSOMS, CUT OFF CONTACT, AND PRESERVE EVIDENCE.
When threatened with the publication of private media, paying money does not guarantee file deletion; it only increases the amount demanded in subsequent extortion attempts.

What Criminals Do with Acquired Photos Scammers save the collected media into personalized folders. The images are used to pressure the victim, create duplicate accounts, or resell them in databases to other criminal groups.

Rules of Conduct During a Sextortion Attempt Completely halt dialogue and do not transfer funds to extortionists under any circumstances

Take screenshots of the correspondence, profiles, and attacker payment details to hand over to law enforcement

Adjust your account privacy settings and hide friend lists to limit who can be targeted

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