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Teen boys blackmailed by gangs in 'sextortion' scams - as victims given new advice on what to do

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67% Informative

Boys as young as 14 targeted with 'sextortion' scams on social networks including Snapchat and Instagram .

Criminals trick them into sending sexual images - and then threaten to share the images unless they pay about 100 .

90% of online sextortion victims are boys aged 14 to 17 .

Most of the offences are committed by people from West African countries, including Nigeria .

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63

Informative language

57

Neutral language

74

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informal

Language

English

Language complexity

43

Offensive language

offensive

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short-lived

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