Sextorters are targeting young boys online — and flaunting how rich the scam is making them

Oct 3, 2025 - 22:00
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Sextorters are targeting young boys online — and flaunting how rich the scam is making them
A man in a dark room holds up a phone right in front of him. The text on the phone are angry and demanding money.

There's a network of overseas scammers targeting and blackmailing teens, and in some cases driving them to suicide within hours of falling into a trap known as sextortion. CBC's Marketplace created fake social media profiles to investigate the business behind the blackmail.

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