The Memorial Villages police chief is raising the alarm after a rash of reported extortion attempts were made involving a nude photo exchange.
Memorial Villages police issued a warning to Memorial High School parents after students were targets of a Snapchat nude photo extortion scheme.Memorial High School students who use Snapchat are being warned about a potential scheme involving someone posing as a classmate who wants to exchange nude photos.
According to Memorial Villages police, the scheme may lead to an extortion attempt that involves holding a victim's photo in the buff ransom. The police department issued the warning on Friday after it was informed of some extortion attempts across the Memorial area over the past week.Here are the components to the scheme, according to Chief Ray Schultz:: High school students receive and accept a Snapchat friend request from a person who states he/she is a high school female.: The suspect establishes communication and sends a nude photograph and then requests a nude photo of the victim in return.
The police department is urging parents to talk with their students about not accepting friend requests from people they do not know and not sending photos of any type to people they're not aware of.They are also telling people not to give in to demands for money or gift cards. Police are basing this recommendation after one victim gave in but was further threatened.
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