Sextortion alert issued as number of young people targeted in scams surges - Teachers warned to be on lookout for victims of blackmail in UK schools

An alert has been sent out to teachers after an eightfold increase in cases of teenage sextortion. The National Crime Agency (NCA) issued the warning on Monday after the surge in the number of scams targeting children. It highlights the “devastating” impact of the practice on the lives of young people duped into handing over intimate photos.

Sextortion cases have doubled, leading to teachers being issued guidance to spotting the signs - teenage boys are the biggest demographic being targeted.

Teachers have been urged to warn pupils against the dangers of sextortion, a form of blackmail involving threats that intimate pictures will be shared. The National Crime Agency (NCA) sent an alert to teachers on Monday after cases doubled worldwide in the last year.

Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Monday it had issued an unprecedented alert to hundreds of thousands of education professionals over an increase in cases of financially motivated sexual extortion,

Teenage boys believed to be among most vulnerable to criminal gangs using real and fake images to blackmail victims

Teachers have been urged to warn pupils against the dangers of sextortion, a form of blackmail involving threats that intimate pictures will be shared. The National Crime Agency (NCA) sent the "unprecedented" alert to teachers on Monday after cases surged worldwide.

Teachers are issued with guidance to spot signs of abuse by organised criminals who use explicit photographs to blackmail victims after reported cases double

Teachers across the UK have been sent an unprecedented alert about so-called sextortion scams targeting pupils. The National Crime Agency (NCA) issued the warning on Monday, highlighting the ‘devastating’ impact the scams can have on young people duped into handing over intimate photos.