British teenage boys being targeted by Nigerian 'sextortion' gangs

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2025-03-20

London (PA Media/dpa) - British teenage boys are being blackmailed by Nigerian crime gangs posing as young women in a surge of online sexual extortion, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned. Officials warned that criminals are targeting boys as young as 14 over Snapchat and Instagram - tricking them into sending explicit images before demanding payments of around £100 ($130). While most victims of child sexual exploitation are female, 90% of......

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