"SCAM ALERT (picture of Frankie and Ben to grab your attention)
Special attention to early to mid-20-year-olds. Parents, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE share this with your adult children
The FPD has seen an increase in a particular scam involving the Snapchat App and Instagram. Users (typically male) are being friended by random users of the apps (typically females), and strike up a conversation with the users.
After some time the scammer will engage in explicit conversation and send explicit photographs of themselves through the app. In return, they ask for explicit photographs back.
Once they have these photographs they blackmail the user into sending them money via a payment app (typically in the hundredths of dollars) or else they will send the victim's pictures to their social media friends or contact list.
The scammer WILL send these pictures out if they don’t get their money. When these incidents occur they are investigated by the FPD. It’s our goal to prevent these scams from occurring in the first place.
If you find yourself in this situation and think it might be a scam… IT’S A SCAM!"
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