Screenshot of the 'Butt Out, Creeps' website launched by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) on Tuesday.
Screenshot of the 'Butt Out, Creeps' website launched by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams . Reports of sextortion — online blackmail scams involving nude images — have surged in Calgary over the past year, and young men and boys are most frequently targeted.
"Scammers typically demand payment of approximately $1,000 as they know that most young people would not be able to produce exorbitant amounts of money," reads the release.The CPS news release comes after Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams rolled out a campaign on Tuesday called "," which is meant to target young people and minors to talk about the dangers of sextortion.
Yet CPS says sextortion arrests and charges can be challenging, because much like other online scams, suspects often operate internationally."This is why we've launched this campaign. We need to take drastic steps, think creatively, out-of-the-box, to try to get this message across," Tucker said. "People's screen time, especially young people, is at an unhealthy level. It's at a dangerous level," he said.
"Parents have to understand and be open and accepting when they are confronted with these situations so that their kids understand that they're not going to get in trouble, that they are the victim of a crime."
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