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Will Your Valentine's Day Pic.. Play Into The Hands of a CyberCreep?

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It still astounds me how many people choose to ignore the mantra -         ‘Post a pic… lose control of it'  - As a result the world has since come to learn the terms of 'Sexting' and 'Sextortion'; Sexting: Sexting Definition Sextortion:  Sextortion Definition However it seems only when issues arise from the sending of Sexts, do users contact police or a trusted person to gain assistance about what to do. Granted there are a huge number of different scenarios associated with why people send online sexy pics or nude selfies to their intended recipients.  Not to mention the diverse age group of criminal incidents involving victims with an age range from children as young as 9 years to adults over 60. Unfortunately these online actions have been linked to disastrous situations, where targets have been blackmailed, coerced and scammed into sending pics for the gratification of a cybercreep, or a scam involving payment of ransom monies to av