A Million Ways to Get Hurt Online - Sexstortion

A Million Ways to Get Hurt Online - Sexstortion

Released Friday, 22nd September 2023
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A Million Ways to Get Hurt Online - Sexstortion

A Million Ways to Get Hurt Online - Sexstortion

A Million Ways to Get Hurt Online - Sexstortion

A Million Ways to Get Hurt Online - Sexstortion

Friday, 22nd September 2023
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This is the first episode of series to highlight the dangers of social media and online engagement.

Jordan DeMay is a high school senior living in Marquette, Michigan, on the shore of Lake Superior.

He's a healthy young man by all accounts and appears to have a life many kids would dream about.

But one night he falls into a dangerous trap.

A young woman reaches out to him on social media and she baits Jordan into sending an explicit picture.

The teen quickly realizes he has been caught in sexstortion scam.

The women who Jordan thought he was speaking is now demanding money, which the teen doesn't have.

If he doesn't send it, the scammer will reveal his pictures to everyone on his social media friends list.

The diabolical plan sends the healthy teen into a tailspin and he ultimeately takes his own life.

This story is a cautionary tale about the dangers social media poises to young teens like Jordan DeMay.

 

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