Recently, 杏吧视频鈥檚 Police Department has received multiple reports of students falling victim to extortion schemes鈥攊n particular, 鈥渟extortion,鈥 a form of blackmail in which a person threatens to expose explicit images of an individual to make them do something, such as pay money to the blackmailer.
Victims are never at fault in this crime. And they are not alone: Last year, the FBI鈥檚 Internet Crime Complaint Center received more than 18,000 sextortion complaints reporting that blackmailers were paid more than $13.6 million. But this type of blackmail continues to quietly grow, as it is often not talked about.
If you know of a student who may be the victim of sextortion, or extortion of any kind鈥攐r if you may be a victim yourself鈥攑lease reach out to the Office of Equity at equity@case.edu, 216.368.3066 or by . The Office of Equity can help you determine action steps to stop these abusive and coercive acts and connect the victim with on-campus support resources.
You also can call CWRU Police at 216.368.3300 or email publicsafety@case.edu. Officers are experienced in working with students dealing with various kinds of extortion and want to help.
