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Meta issues a warning about increasing sextortion scams. Here's how to stay safe.

Social media giant Meta is issuing a warning over the increasing number of sextortion scams where fake profiles are used to get people to send nude photographs and then threaten to release them unless victims pay up. On Wednesday, Meta said it has removed 6,300 Instagram accounts of scammers in Nigeria who frequently target adult men in the U.S.
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