African scammers are starting to use sextortion scams.

This is a worrying trend.  The numbers are still very small, but they are rising.  We know from experience that scammers in West Africa are much more tenacious with their victims.  The advice we’re currently giving of deactivating social media accounts for 2 weeks may soon need to be revised.  This works for the scammers from Morocco or the Philippines where over 95% of these scams are based, but won’t be enough for the West African scammers.  We are constantly monitoring the situation and changing our advice when new trends start to appear.  Those who are being blackmail scammed (or “sextorted” as the media refers to it) can get help and advice by visiting www.blackmailscams.com or www.sextortionscams.com which both lead to the page on www.scamsurvivors.com dealing with these scams.