15-year-old Bryce Tate from Cross Lanes, West Virginia, took his own life in November just three hours after receiving threatening messages from a malicious scammer. The case highlights highlights the growing threat of online “sextortion,” in which scammers convince teenagers to share illicit photos then demand money to not go public.

reports that the afternoon of November 6 started off like any other for Bryce Tate, a sophomore at Nitro High School. After returning home from the gym and enjoying a snack, Bryce stepped outside to shoot some hoops. At 4:37 p.m., he received a text message from an unknown number — a message that would set in…

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