{"id":13725,"date":"2022-12-05T06:23:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T22:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/sextortion\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T11:19:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T03:19:35","slug":"sextortion","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/sextortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you heard of sextortion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"c-subtitle\">Sextortion is a form of blackmail where someone threatens to share intimate images of you online unless you give in to their demands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When sextortion occurs, blackmailers often demand money, more intimate images or sexual favours. Blackmailers often target people, usually men, through dating apps, social media, webcams or adult pornography sites.<\/p>\n<p>While sextortion can occur by individuals, organised crime is often responsible when the money is demanded. Often, the blackmailer is not based in Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the warning signs of sextortion?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-container\">\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Something does not add up <\/strong>\u2014 their online profile is not consistent with what you experience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It happens too fast<\/strong> \u2014 they express strong emotions for you immediately and quickly tempt you across to a more private channel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>They make excuses<\/strong> \u2014 they say their webcam is not working and instead send an explicit photo which they claim is of them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>They say they need help<\/strong> \u2014 they say they need money for a personal emergency such as medical treatment, rent or even to travel to Australia.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been a victim of sextortion, the most important thing is to not give in to the blackmailer&#8217;s demands for money or more images and follow the advice on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esafety.gov.au\/key-issues\/image-based-abuse\/take-action\/deal-with-sextortion\">eSafety website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also contact Curtin&#8217;s Safer Community team 24\/7 <a href=\"mailto:securitycommsoffice@curtin.edu.au\">via email<\/a> or call +61 8 9266 4444 for additional support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remember, it is not your fault. <\/strong>Anyone can experience sextortion, you are not alone and you have not done anything wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone can experience sextortion. Learn how to identify this behaviour and protect yourself online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4408,"featured_media":20234,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[149],"class_list":["post-13725","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-wellbeing"],"acf":false,"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/OASIS-News-Sextortion.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Nikita","last_name":"Osckar","display_name":"Nikita Osckar"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 05:12:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/13725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/13725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=13725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}