Confidential Help For Victims
Being Sextorted?
Here's Exactly What To Do.
First: take a breath. This is a crime being committed against you, and you are not the first person to face it. Don't pay, don't panic, and don't face it alone. The steps below work, and confidential help is one call away.
In immediate danger, or the victim is under 18? Contact local law enforcement (911) and the NCMEC CyberTipline right away.
Strategy by Anthony Will, Founder & CEO · 13+ years in ORM · 5,000+ clientsDo This Right Now
A 5-step plan you can start in the next 10 minutes
Stop responding, but don't delete anything
Cut off contact with the person threatening you. Do not delete the messages, profiles, or images, they are evidence. Take screenshots of everything: usernames, messages, threats, payment demands, and any profile links.
Do not pay
Paying almost never makes it stop. It signals you'll pay again, and the demands usually escalate. Law enforcement and victim advocates are near-unanimous on this: paying does not buy safety.
Report it
Report to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov, and to your local police. If the victim is under 18, contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (report.cybertip.org) and law enforcement immediately, it is a top-priority crime.
Lock down your accounts
Change passwords, turn on two-factor authentication, and set social profiles to private. This limits what the offender can access and who they can contact about you.
Get the content blocked and removed
If images already exist, you can preemptively block them across major platforms for free using StopNCII.org (adults) or Take It Down (minors). For active removal across leak sites, forums, and search, that's where we come in, confidentially, and you pay only after removal.
If images have already been posted, or you just want a professional in your corner, call 855-239-5322 or request confidential help below. There's no cost to talk.
What is sextortion?
The short answer
Sextortion is a form of blackmail where someone threatens to share your intimate or sexual images, real or AI-generated, unless you pay money, send more content, or do something else they demand. It often starts with a fake romantic connection or a hacked account, and the threats escalate quickly. It is a federal crime, and the person committing it, not you, is the one breaking the law.
If content has already been leaked, see also NCII / revenge porn removal and, for creators, OnlyFans leak removal.
What Not To Do
The mistakes that make it worse
Don't pay the demand
It rarely stops the threats and usually triggers more. Offenders treat a payment as proof you'll keep paying.
Don't delete the evidence
Screenshots of the threats, the account, and the demands are what law enforcement and platforms need. Preserve first, then block.
Don't keep it a secret out of shame
This is a crime committed against you, not something you did wrong. Offenders rely on your embarrassment to keep you isolated and paying. Telling one trusted person, or us, breaks that leverage.
Don't try to negotiate or investigate alone
Engaging the offender, threatening back, or trying to identify them yourself tends to escalate the situation. Let documented reporting and professional removal do the work.
Your Legal Rights
The law is firmly on your side
Sextortion is a federal crime
Threatening to publish someone's intimate images to extort money, more content, or anything else is a crime. The TAKE IT DOWN Act, signed into federal law in May 2025, specifically criminalizes both the distribution and the threat of distribution of non-consensual intimate images, including AI-generated ones.
Platforms must remove within 48 hours
Under the TAKE IT DOWN Act, covered platforms are required to remove non-consensual intimate imagery within 48 hours of a valid request from the person depicted, and to take down identical copies. That gives you a time-bound legal channel, not just a request a site can ignore.
You own the copyright to images you took
If you created the images (for example, a selfie), you hold the copyright, which makes a DMCA takedown a legally binding removal tool alongside NCII law.
State law protects you too
Non-consensual intimate imagery is unlawful in 48 states plus D.C., which adds another enforceable ground for removal and, where you choose to pursue it, for holding the offender accountable.
How We Help
A professional in your corner, start to finish
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Immediate, confidential triage
Same-day response.Reach out by phone or the form below. We assess the threat, tell you exactly what to preserve and report, and, if anything has already been posted, begin mapping where it is. Everything is confidential from the first word.
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Evidence & reporting support
Done right.We help you preserve evidence correctly and point you to the right reporting channels (FBI IC3, local law enforcement, and NCMEC for minors) so nothing that matters gets lost.
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Removal of anything posted
Every copy.If content has been published, we find every copy across leak sites, forums, social platforms, and search, and remove it at the source using copyright, NCII policy, and the TAKE IT DOWN Act, then de-index it from Google.
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Ongoing monitoring
We keep watch.Because offenders often re-post, we monitor for the content resurfacing and handle new copies as they appear, so you're not left watching for it yourself.
Reporting to law enforcement is free and we'll help you do it. Our removal and monitoring service is what carries a fee, and only after posted content is confirmed removed. Talking to us costs nothing.
Free Resources
Trusted help you can use right now, at no cost
FBI IC3 (ic3.gov)
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center. File a report of sextortion or online extortion directly with federal law enforcement.
StopNCII.org
A free tool for adults: creates a digital fingerprint (hash) of your images on your own device and uses it to block matches across participating platforms, without you uploading the images anywhere.
Take It Down (NCMEC)
A free service for anyone whose intimate images were taken when they were under 18. Run by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
A crisis helpline and safety center for victims of non-consensual intimate imagery, with guides and emotional-support resources.
These are independent organizations, not affiliated with Reputation Resolutions. We list them because they genuinely help, whether or not you ever work with us.
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Sextortion FAQs
Sextortion Help, Answered Honestly.
The same straight talk we give every person who calls our confidential line.
No. Paying almost never ends it, and it usually 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, report it, and get help removing anything that gets posted.
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 to the FBI at ic3.gov and to local police. Lock down your accounts with new passwords and two-factor authentication. If images already exist, you can block them for free through StopNCII.org (adults) or Take It Down (minors), and we can begin removal and monitoring.
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, and non-consensual intimate imagery is separately unlawful in 48 states plus D.C.
Yes, and this is often the best time to act. We can help you preserve evidence and report correctly, and you can proactively block the images across major platforms using StopNCII.org before anything is posted. If the offender does post, we're already positioned to find and remove every copy immediately.
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). Sextortion of a minor is a top-priority crime for the FBI and NCMEC, and there are dedicated, free channels built specifically to protect children. Do not pay and do not delete evidence.
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 are removable on the same legal footing as real ones.
No. Every engagement is completely confidential. We never disclose that you're a client, and we don't post or contact anyone on your behalf without your explicit direction. Sextortion relies on your fear of exposure, 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 across leak sites, forums, social platforms, and search, then remove it at the source using copyright, NCII policy, and the TAKE IT DOWN Act, and file to de-index it from Google. Because offenders often re-post, we also monitor for it resurfacing and handle new copies as they appear.
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