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“I was embarrassed. I was really ashamed. It wasn’t something I was proud of because I very much thought that it was all my fault and I was the only one to blame for this,” said K.C., who was age 18 at the time. “It was definitely not the way I imagined my senior year going.” With the help of her family, friends, counselors, authorities and even a federal judge, K.C. now knows that none of it was her fault. The U.S. attorney’s office is helping her to help others who have found themselves in the cross hairs of a cyber criminal.
Text messages began arriving in K.C. s cellphone, some with nude photos of the high school senior, on a Friday the 13th three years ago. Hiding behind false phone numbers and personas, a mystery tormentor threatened to post the images on Twitter. Her Culpeper-area friends were contacted, demands were made for more photos, nude images were sent to her parents, and threats were made to send them to her church. K.C. s sunny senior year was suddenly clouded with menace. Police escorted her to her prom and she approached her commencement ceremony with trepidation. He made threats that he would put my photos on the big screen at graduation as I walked across the stage, she said in an interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Sextortion, cyber-crimes and cyberstalking are on the rise – increasingly involving kids and teens. For one Culpeper woman, the trauma is very real. roanoke.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from roanoke.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
FBI warns of online romance scams Romance scams are when a criminal fakes their identity online to get the victim s attention, and heart, to gain their trust. Author: WGRZ Staff Updated: 5:04 PM EST February 11, 2021 BUFFALO, N.Y. Valentine s Day is just around the corner and love is in the air. But, not everyone is looking for love. Some may be looking to scam you. The FBI is warning folks of romance scams. Romance scams are when a criminal fakes their identity online to get the victim s attention, and heart, to gain their trust. Investigators say the scammer then uses that trust to try to manipulate the victim to steal from them.
He said people are calling and leaving emails left and right, saying they’ve been defrauded by psychics during the pandemic. Recently, he opened an email from a North Texas woman saying she and a group of others had been scammed out of thousands of dollars by a psychic who claimed to be ridding them of bad energy. “During these tough times, people reach out to self-proclaimed psychics because they’re wondering ‘What does the future hold?’” Nygaard said. “So, these self-proclaimed psychics are raking it in right now during a time when people are fearful.” When the conned come to Nygaard, they generally feel just as helpless as they did when confronting their psychics. They are sometimes even suicidal when they call him. These frauds take advantage of people in their most vulnerable states: The ones who fall for it are often being financially destroyed, he says.