Are You Facing Sextortion?

We Know How to Help

Analyzing the Threat

We can evaluate the situation to determine the credibility of the sextortionist’s claims and help you choose the optimal approach.

Uncovering the Digital Footprint

Our team can piece together the data left behind in your conversations to track down the perpetrator.

Working with Law Enforcement

We have a working relationship with agencies around the world and ensure that our report will be admissible in legal proceedings.

Securing Your Digital Presence

We can advise you on steps to secure your network and safe practices that can help you deter future sextortion attempts.

Your Security is Our Priority

Here at Cyber Investigation Inc., we’ve helped thousands of clients who were faced with sextortion. We are familiar with how sextortionists operate and know how to get them to abandon their attack. Our services include:

Exposure Protection

We will work to remove your content from the hands of the sextortionist and prevent exposure. If your images have already been leaked, we will take action to locate and remove them from the internet — including the dark web.

Communication Takeover

We can converse with the sextortionist on your behalf while they believe they are speaking with you. This allows us to continue collecting evidence while we work to prevent the perpetrator from following through.

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Unmasking Anonymity

Sextortionists hide behind the protection of online anonymity, but we know how to identify them. We can break through this barrier and unmask the culprit through techniques like IP-to-location and metadata analysis.

Superior Security

Our ongoing threat monitoring lets you resume your online activity with peace of mind. Furthermore, we can identify any vulnerabilities in your security system and advise you on the best online safety practices.

FAQ About Sextortion

What is sextortion?

Sextortion is the crime of leveraging the victim’s intimate content to coerce them into meeting specified demands. This can include requests for further content, sexual favors, or monetary payments.

The sextortionist typically reaches out behind a fabricated online profile that appears to belong to an individual around the target’s age. They study their target’s online activity to get a feel for their interests and tailor their manipulation tactics. After establishing a rapport, the sextortionist will propose the idea of exchanging nudes.

The second the target sends one, the conversation takes a sudden shift. Long gone is the friendly new acquaintance. In their place is a menacing cybercriminal threatening to expose their content and ruin their reputation if they don’t comply.

How do I prevent sextortion?

Sextortion can happen to anyone, regardless of age, race, gender, or social status. It’s important for all internet users to take preventative measures to avoid falling victim. Here are some practices that can help keep you safe.

  • Use Heightened Privacy Settings. Set your online accounts to private and limit who can interact with you on them. You should be selective with who you let follow you and avoid accepting requests from people you don’t know.
  • Avoid Oversharing. You need to take extreme caution if you decide to engage in sexting, even if it’s with someone you believe you can trust. With the progression of generative AI, you should also avoid sharing content that could be used for deepfake sextortion.
  • Listen to Your Intuition. Sometimes, something just seems off. It might be inconsistent language, spiritic behavior, or some small nuance that you can’t quite pinpoint. Regardless, it’s best to trust your gut.

What can I do if someone is sextorting me?

If you fall into a sextortion scheme, you shouldn’t blame yourself. Sextortion can happen to anyone, and it’s never the victim’s fault. There is help available, and recovery is achievable. Here’s what you should do.

  • Don’t Pay the Sextortionist. There’s no guarantee that compliance will make a sextortionist go away. In fact, it often does just the opposite. You should end the conversation but avoid blocking the perpetrator until after a proper investigation has been conducted.
  • Gather Evidence. Take screenshots of the sextortionist’s profiles, threatening messages, shared content, and timestamps. This will allow you to reconstruct the timeline of the crime to support reports and legal action.
  • Notify the Proper Authorities. With the evidence you’ve gathered, report the sextortionist to hold them accountable. You should inform the platform where the sextortion occurred as well as law enforcement.

How do I report sextortion?

You should report the sextortionist’s account to the system administrator of the platform where the crime occurred. This will help them identify the profile engaging in this abusive behavior and allow them to suspend or permanently remove it.

You should also inform law enforcement. To inform your local police, you can file a report in person by going to the station. Some precincts also allow victims to report crimes online or over the phone.

If the local police can’t solve your case, you should notify the FBI. You can report cybercrime to the FBI by visiting your local field office, calling 1-800-CALL-FBI, or online through the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).

Do sextortionists follow through on their threats?

There’s no foolproof answer to whether a sextortionist will follow through on their threats. However, there are factors that can influence the chances of exposure.

Factors That May Lead a Sextortionist to Follow Through:

  • Targets with high social status, net worth, and more to lose if their reputation is tarnished.
  • Targets who have responded with either a willingness to comply or immediate confrontation.

Factors That May Deter a Sextortionist from Following Through:

  • Loss of leverage by releasing the content they are trying to extort you with
  • Fear of getting caught either from their additional criminal behavior or the involvement of law enforcement and cybersecurity professionals.

How can Cyber Investigation Inc. help with sextortion?

Our team has years of experience and thousands of resolved cases in our history that’s helped us develop proprietary techniques. We know how sextortionists operate and how to attack them where they feel it the most.

We can follow the cybercriminal’s digital footprint and uncover their true identity. This information can be used to prompt the perpetrator to delete your content and leave you alone. Furthermore, our reports can be used to support legal action. After your case has been resolved, we can still be of service by providing ongoing monitorization.

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