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Gardaí urge victims of explicit image blackmail scam to come forward

Posted on September 22, 2021 by pogowasright.org

This is a tough one for victims.  Vivienne Clark reports:

A Garda crime prevention officer has warned of an ongoing scam targeted at young people which attempts to coerce them into paying blackmail money.

Sergeant Dean Kerins told Newstalk Breakfast that while the concept was not new, there had been a number of cases recently where young boys were blackmailed in “a complete and utter scam”.

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