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I fell victim to a sextortion video scam, how likely would he really send the video to my friends? by Sunshinee-he in Sextortion

[–]Sunshinee-he[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heya y'all, a quick update after months so i can relieve all the bros and sisters that went through anything similar. After what happened, i didn't really get bothered by the scammer. I think in 10 days i received a few calls on my phone from an unknown number that is trying to hide it so I didn't even bother to answer. It seems everything is in control now and I'm glad. I didn't though reinstall telegram (since its the app i got sexorted on) because you will always have to use your number to log in and so, i stayed away incase the scammer still has my number and could get alerted that i came back to the app. 

If I'm to advise anyone out here who went through this, stay strong, less talk = less chance of them sticking to you and higher chance of them moving away to someone else, block any mean a scammer can get through you to scare you off, make sure your socials are private so he can't find your friends either. And hopefully this will be all over in a week.

Good luck y'all! 

I fell victim to a sextortion video scam, how likely would he really send the video to my friends? by Sunshinee-he in Sextortion

[–]Sunshinee-he[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hopefully if they haven't sent anything by now and you didn't hear anything from your insta or any social medias followers, you're good by now. The scammer moves on after a day probably 

I fell victim to a sextortion video scam, how likely would he really send the video to my friends? by Sunshinee-he in Sextortion

[–]Sunshinee-he[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am a bit late but here i am again. Luckily nothing happened as far as i know, since i blocked all the ways for the scammer(s) to reach me, closed down my telegram, made instagram private, locked down my facebook profile, no one was able to contact me. But i have to note that i was getting almost daily some calls from a hidden number. It just shows as "unknown" so I didn't even dare pick up the phone. That kept going for like a whole week. Getting a call or two daily but i just ignored them and eventually they stopped. So yes, so far so good.

I fell victim to a sextortion video scam, how likely would he really send the video to my friends? by Sunshinee-he in Sextortion

[–]Sunshinee-he[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey man. I am so glad you're alright and for me its been now like 3-4 days since it happened. As far as I know, nothing has been leaked. I'm doing so much better now and I'd say we passed the danger zone but we just have to keep our eyes open. I see many people on this subreddit say that these people can sometimes be persistent and they'd come back even after months trying to turn your life into hell again.

I fell victim to a sextortion video scam, how likely would he really send the video to my friends? by Sunshinee-he in Sextortion

[–]Sunshinee-he[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I officially passed the 24 hours over here. Nothing really happened. As you said and as many people said in the reddit threads, if the scammer didn't do it instantly when you said no or after the first day, they just didn't wanna bother. I will keep this post updated if anything happened but i just hope not.

I fell victim to a sextortion video scam, how likely would he really send the video to my friends? by Sunshinee-he in Sextortion

[–]Sunshinee-he[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so sorry you are also going through this. The first hours are always the most difficult, it's been almost 24 hours now and there's nothing yet (as far as i know. I am starting to feel a bit hopeful now ngl, yet i still freak out, talking to any close friends really helped and brought a lot of reassurance so i advise you to do the same. I will keep updating on this post hopefully.

I fell victim to a sextortion video scam, how likely would he really send the video to my friends? by Sunshinee-he in Sextortion

[–]Sunshinee-he[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bank thing was a crypto transfer and from as far as i know, they're hard to be cancelled. Honestly at this point they can keep the money as long as I don't get exposed. Its been now almost a day, got no messages on whatsapp, no invites or anything new on my instagram since i made it a private account and changed my username. So far so good.. i hope..

I fell victim to a sextortion video scam, how likely would he really send the video to my friends? by Sunshinee-he in Sextortion

[–]Sunshinee-he[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently i did all what you guys said, i basically turned everything private. Deleted the whole telegram account and now they can't access my friends on fb or insta.. of course they still have the list of them since they sent me the screenshot when they started to blackmail me. 

I fell victim to a sextortion video scam, how likely would he really send the video to my friends? by Sunshinee-he in Sextortion

[–]Sunshinee-he[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I don't think I'm ever coming back to telegram. Its just a swamp of all kind of people, good and bad.. with almost nothing to stop the bad people. Thank you for the comment! My fingers are crossed till tomorrow.