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A young Northern Ireland man has told how he was blackmailed by cyber criminals who threatened to share compromising footage of him online.
He was duped into posing naked on camera and then warned that unless he handed over hundreds of pounds, the video would be sent to his Facebook friends.
The man was speaking out as the PSNI revealed a rise in sextortion cases here.
Sextortion is a form of blackmail where a criminal threatens to reveal intimate images of the victim online unless they give in to their demands typically for money or further intimate images.
The victim, a 21-year-old who wanted to remain anonymous, said he wants to protect others from being duped online by criminals demanding money.