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Two Busted in Sextortion Scam That Pushed Teen to Suicide, Police Say

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The messages allegedly sent from the scammers to their victim were “horrific,” an investigator said.

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

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Two men arrested in Nigeria in connection with a sextortion scam that allegedly led to the suicide of a teenage boy in Australia.
Australian Federal Police/New South Wales Police
Dan Ladden-Hall

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