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Instagram removes 63,000 sextortion accounts in Nigeria

The scammers were posing as young women online to trick people into sending sexually explicit material.

Such scammers typically pose as young women online to trick people into sending sexually explicit material before blackmailing them. Experts and authorities have previously warned social media users to remain aware and alert of the scam's dangers amid their apparent rise. Meta said on Wednesday that the accounts it disrupted and removed for engaging in sextortion attempts had links to a wider, informal network of cybercriminals operating in Nigeria, known as "Yahoo Boys".

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