Being Sextorted?
Here's Exactly What To Do.

No. Paying rarely ends it, and it often makes things worse: the offender reads a payment as proof you'll keep paying and escalates the demands. Law enforcement and victim-advocacy organizations are consistent on this. Instead, stop responding, preserve the evidence, and report it. If you have already paid, you have not ruined anything: stop now, keep the payment records as evidence, tell your bank or payment app, and include it in your report.

Stop communicating with the person, but do not delete anything, screenshots of the threats, the account, and the demands are evidence. Don't pay. Report the account to the platform, then to the FBI at ic3.gov and to local police. Lock down your accounts with new passwords and two-factor authentication. If you have the images on your own device, you can register them for free with StopNCII.org (adults) or Take It Down (minors) so participating platforms block them. If anything is actually posted, we can work on removal.

Yes. Threatening to share someone's intimate images to extort money or anything else is a federal crime. The TAKE IT DOWN Act, signed into federal law in May 2025, specifically criminalizes both distributing and threatening to distribute non-consensual intimate images, including AI-generated ones. Extortion is also a crime under other federal and state laws, and nearly every state has its own law on intimate images.

Yes, though most of what helps at this stage is free and does not need us. Preserve the evidence, stop responding, report it, and register the images with StopNCII.org (or Take It Down if you are under 18) so participating platforms can block them before anything is posted. We can talk you through those steps at no cost. Removal work, and any fee, only begins if something is actually posted.

Treat it as an emergency. Contact local law enforcement and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children right away, through report.cybertip.org and their Take It Down service (takeitdown.ncmec.org). There are dedicated, free channels built specifically to protect children, and NCMEC's guidance is plain that the blackmailer is to blame, not the child. Do not pay and do not delete evidence. If you are a parent, stay calm and tell your child plainly that they are not to blame. If you are worried about their safety, call or text 988.

Yes. The TAKE IT DOWN Act explicitly covers AI-generated (deepfake) intimate imagery, and platform NCII policies apply whether the content is real or fabricated. Fake intimate images of you can be reported and removed on the same footing as real ones, and the threat is a crime either way.

Not through us. Every engagement is handled confidentially. We never disclose that you're a client, and we don't post or contact anyone on your behalf without your explicit direction. Reports to the FBI, NCMEC, and platforms are made privately, not posted publicly. Sextortion relies on your fear of exposure, and getting confidential help is how you take that leverage away.

There's no upfront fee for removal, and you pay only after posted content is confirmed removed. Reporting to law enforcement and using tools like StopNCII.org is free, and we'll help you do that regardless. Talking to us to get a plan costs nothing.

Yes. If content has been posted, we map every copy we can find across leak sites, forums, social platforms, and search, then file for removal at the source using copyright, intimate-image policies, and the TAKE IT DOWN Act, and request de-indexing from Google. Mainstream platforms and Google act on valid requests. A free assessment shows exactly what qualifies, and you pay only if it is removed.