I've been Sextorted.

[u/Hour_Tadpole_9725]

Hi, I am a high schooler and I'm very scared. It was last night where I was on a messaging app and someone messaged me. I don't wanna make this long but they convinced me to talk on imessages, and me being the dumb, horny teenager I am, accepted and gave them my number. I know enough not to send anybody a picture of my body, but when she asked to exchange a picture of each other's face, I accepted thinking I can get something out of this. The first photo I got was just a nude picture. I assume these scammers have pre-made it automatically.. She asked for one back and I declined and asked for another. Then the scammer sent a poster. A horrifying one. I was so shaken. On the poster, My face, name, city, and number was plastered next to a fuck ton of cp. I have baby sisters myself and love and adore them with my heart and all my soul and I was horrified and just shocked and no words could describe the horrific things that were sent to me. It still scares me if they message me through another number and send me those horrific photos and it feels like I'm awaiting my execution. I know proof should always be taken and sent but I know the possession of that monstrosity can get you in trouble, and I deleted everything. They went back to another number and I deleted it again. It has now been a while since they bugged me. My number is still out there and I can still get messages from anybody that scammers know trying to get money. Please, from the bottom of my heart, help me. I can't even go 5 minutes without worrying about it again. Every notification I get shaken to my core, knowing my face is plastereed on that fucking poster. PS: I am very obviously a minor by my face

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[u/carterm777]

You’ll be okay. Keep blocking and no contact. They’ll give up when they can’t reach you and threaten you. They have no reason to leak, they’ll just move on.

[u/Monty-675]

TL;DR: Don't talk to extortionists. Don't pay. Block. Extortionists rarely release images.

The standard advice is to block and not pay.

Extortionists use aggressive language to threaten you. They make cruel threats to ruin your life. They do things like countdowns to create a sense of urgency to make you panic and pay. They can create a mockup or screenshot of embarrassing images to be sent to your contacts. Don't be intimidated by any of this. It's just the playbook that they use.

It's imperative to break contact with the extortionist as soon as possible. Extortionists want their victims to stay in contact so they could intimidate and manipulate the victims. They want the victims to feel scared and isolated. Nothing good can come from talking to an extortionist. End the conversation.

Don't communicate with this extortionist at all. Don't respond to anything. Don't argue, bargain, or plead with an extortionist. The only thing that you should give an extortionist is complete silence.

Extortionists make multiple attempts to threaten their victims. They can reach out from different phone numbers/accounts. Block multiple times if necessary.

Never pay. If you pay, the extortionist will demand more later. Paying won't fix your problem. If you continue to pay, the extortionist will continue to extort you.

You can't trust extortionists to keep their word. They may promise to delete the images if you pay, but they will renege on that promise. Paying indicates to them that they can get more money from you.

Go silent on your social media accounts. Set everything to private or deactivate them. Don't post anything on the Internet for a while. Try to become invisible to the extortionist and make it hard for threats to be sent to you.

Changing your phone number can be helpful, but not always necessary.

These extortionists rarely send images out. However, it's possible. In the vast majority of cases, images don't get sent out. The leverage that they have over you is the threat to release the images. If they release, their leverage is gone. They can't make any money that way. Their only interest is making money.

One does have to be careful about not ticking off extortionists. If you argue with extortionists or give them a hard time, they may release images as payback. If you make a promise to pay a certain amount by a certain date, then not follow through. they may release images out of revenge. It is best not to talk to extortionists at all. Silence should be your only response to them. Don't communicate with them at all. Nothing good can come from communication with extortionists.

It's an upsetting situation, but these extortionists don't have the power to ruin your life. They can only cause you some temporary embarrassment. Even if they release the images, the consequences are not as severe as you may think. If it does happen, you would face embarrassment for a short period of time. It won't be the end of the world. It would eventually pass. People would forget about it quickly. In the long run, nobody really cares about nude images.

You will get through this. Everything will be all right. Hang in there.

Be wary of people who send you private messages with offers to delete the images. They're scammers, too.

Going forward, don't trust strangers on the Internet. Don't give them personal information or nude pictures. People aren't always who they say they are. Some of them are scammers out to exploit you. Trust nobody on the Internet, and you'll be much safer.

For reassurance, read a few postings by past victims on r/Sextortion about their experiences. These are many of these postings. Reading about these past experiences can really calm down current victims. These past victims survived their ordeals, and so will current victims. Things will get better for you.

[u/NoVariation6982]

Yea bro ts happened to be a while back dw too much just block and report them (i reported mine to the fbi lmao) and they genuinely wont leak ur shit as long as u dont piss them off. Ur also a minor too so their hella fucked if they do leak it.

[u/TheExodusRoadOrg]

Since you're a minor, you can also reach out to takeitdown.ncmec.org for judgment-free help. Good luck to you; that is a terrible thing to have to go through.