Exclusive: Overseas 'sextortion' gangs targeting the over 40s
Isolation and loneliness during lockdown has led to a sharp rise in cases of cybercrime targeting the vulnerable, the Telegraph can reveal
"Fraudsters, operating in the Philippines, the Ivory Coast and Morocco, are tricking older people into sending intimate images and videos of themselves by posing as potential romantic partners online.
Victims, some as old as 80, are then threatened with having these images uploaded online or sent to their friends, family and employers unless a ransom is paid."
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