Sextortion case: Two arrested in Nigeria after Australian boy's suicide

By Tiffanie Turnbull,
BBC News, Sydney


Australian police have released a blurred photo of two people arrested in Nigeria

Two people have been arrested in Nigeria over an alleged sextortion attempt against an Australian schoolboy who took his own life.

Australian police say the teenage victim had traded explicit images with a person online before they began making threats and demanding money.

After a global investigation, the pair allegedly responsible were tracked down in Nigeria, where they will face court.

Police say sextortion - particularly of young people - is dramatically rising.

Details of the boy's age or where he lived in New South Wales (NSW) have not been released publicly to protect his family's privacy.

New South Wales Police described the alleged extortionists as "young males" and said they had threatened to send photos to the teenager's friends and family if he did not pay them A$500 (£260; $330).

"The messages are horrific. They're aggressive and put a lot of pressure on the boy to pay the money," the police force's cyber-crime commander, Matthew Craft, told the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH).

The boy died by suicide on the same evening, late last year.

Australian detectives worked with their counterparts in South Africa and Nigeria to trace the suspected perpetrators to a slum in Nigeria with a population of over 25 million people.

Evidence that the pair had also tried to extort other people was found on their phones, according to the SMH. They have been charged over the alleged extortion of the Australian boy, but not his death.

There have been several cases in Canada and the US in recent years of teenagers who have killed themselves after being targeted by sextortion plots.

Det Supt Craft said his team had seen a "huge spike" in sextortion cases and has appealed for anyone targeted to contact police.

"[They] are up nearly 400% in the last 18 months," he said in a statement.

"We want young people to continue to report these cases, and to never be embarrassed to talk to police.

"Sextortion is a very real crime... These arrests in Nigeria show just how far police are willing to go to seek justice on behalf of our young community."

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There has been an increase in cases of sextortion, which often lead to suicide. In this previous case, some Nigerians convinced a young American to send nude photos to them, then they began blackmailing him and sending threatening emails to him. The boy killed himself and the Nigerians were arrested and extradited to the US.

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Hmm... How can some people be so wicked and go to this extent just to make money...?
Small Boyz o... And the annoying aspect is that , the money will be lavishly spent!!
The parents sef might not be aware that their children held such amount!!!

Well, they should just go and face the penalty

In cybersecurity this can be classified as both Social Engineering and Ransomware.

benuejosh:
In cybersecurity this can be classified as both Social Engineering and Ransomware.

No ransomeware bro . just social engineering

Hmm

I never even send my top less photo, talk less of my complete nude to a stranger. Some oyibo no get sense shall,

kereman1:
Hjdi

Majority of Europeans and Americans are dimwits, they need to learn to call people's bluff.

xtianchris:

No ransomeware bro . just social engineering

Okay. I put that ransomware there because in as much as the case is not a malware case, ransom is being demanded for his PII that is in their custody.

This is a high stakes game these morons were playing. They deserved to be captured and put away.

benuejosh:
Okay. I put that ransomware there because in as much as the case is not a malware case, ransom is being demanded for his PII that is in their custody.

Alright my guy Understood

World is becoming unbecoming

Photo slideshow tutorial video editing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sboPzQ-CoY

Nawa o

Ahh.

Very shameful act. Deliberately causing the death of a fellow youth with their evil intention of extorting am the miserable 300 dollars from the victim.

Hopefully the punishment is very severe and those who perpetrate such wicked acts must pay the price, if possible with their own lives. No wonder some people reject Sharia. With Sharia in place, those boys surely would lose their limbs, as punishment for the offence.

Taking to 419 as a means of livelihood is not as a result of lack of job opportunities. It is simply the choice of those involved in it, who want to become Dangote overnight. If you get creative, if you acquire skills, then you are empowered to make sustainable wealth over time. You are able to live in peace, with no fear of SARS, etc.

naptu2:


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their own is finished

naptu2:


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Useless fellow. they should rot in jail

Yahooboys are simply killers and murderers. So many of their victims end up committing suicide after losing all their life savings, retirement gratuity to these wicked souls who go as far as committing human rituals to hypnotize their victims to buy benz and live extravagant lives at others expense

Unfortunately Nigerian populace ain't modern/sophisticated enough to consider online crime same as physical crime

That's while a thief who stole in the market will be lynched but yahoo boys will not be lynched

So many girls will not agree to date a know armed robber but won't mind dating an online robber, many guys who are quick to club and party with their yahoo friends will think otherwise doing same with their kidnappers friend

People will defend yahoo boys that it's a result of jobless but no one is ready to defend high way robbers in same manner
Why the double standards my fellow Nigerians

why blurring their faces?

Whites are very easy to manipulate....but is a lesson to those who engage in social media relationships to shun sending explicit videos and images of themselves to total strangers ...to avoid been ask to pay sums of money u haven't even seen all your life...social media is big with alot of crazy people in it..Mr free2ryhme u misunderstood my point here..but I dare to asked u what did your ancestors achieved before the Coming of Whiteman..if not killing of twins and fighting wars with neighbouring towns of same tribe of the same state..living in mud houses with goats yam and cattles claiming to be a big man..my grandpa told us a story in 1991 about how he lost an uncle in a war with our direct neighbouring town of same state...that what uyour ancestors lived ..with the worship of dead gods they couldn't produce a pencil or even a solid brick...but Whiteman God gave them science and technology we all enjoy today this is sane human beings abondon the worship of dead gods and begin to believe and continue to serve the living God ...but if you're not cool with it throwaway your phone ..burn all your clothes and go to village build mud house and live like your dear ancestors..you can't be using invention of a white man to mock his God ..you will mocking yourself...science recognised as of today the existence of God but ignoramus who escape illiteracy by luck will say there's no God...

Kingpele:
Whites are very easy to manipulate

This your reasoning dull.

But they easily manipulated your forefathers to sell your brothers and sisters into slavery.

Your forefathers accepted capitalism over communalism, ditches your native gods, wearing of Whiteman's garment and clothing.

your forefathers sold their fellow black for mirror and sugar

naptu2:


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This is good
This is very good.

Them go dance the music taya

It's a subset of yahoo work/industry

Australia government should kill them by hanging, fucking fools.

xtianchris:

No ransomeware bro . just social engineering

Just hearing this social engineering.
Meanwhile how did they get what to use to extort the person? Did they share nudes?

G

This is part of Yahoo biz nah

They should face murder case and be sentence to death

naptu2:


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Thought they said that Australia is a land of milk and honey ??

Why then did he kill himself over $330USD blackmail?


Anyways , to avoid training kids from another man who would grow up to embrace fraud, please always do DNA test at all cost

Don’t trust a woman , don’t , please brother