Because of late “ sextortion ” cases that demand using the ol’ Justin Bieber Ruse ( that ’s a veridical thing ) , the FBI make up one’s mind that they should put out a few official tip to inform the online collective on how to avoid sexual extortion .
What is the Justin Bieber Ruse ? Well , Christopher Park Gunn ( a hombre lately condemn to 35 year in prison house for fundamentally sextorting immature girl ) pretended he was Justin Bieber online , fox missy and foretell them concert tickets or wing notch in exchange for topless pictures . The ruse worked well enough for Gunn that it landed him in jail . It ’s awful .
Gunn had another technique , which the FBI termed ‘ the New Kid Ruse ’ , where he would adjoin a young girl on a social meshwork with a fake identity , make headway her trust , get some arcanum and then jeopardize to expose her deep personal information if she did n’t send out over sexually expressed pictures . Yeah . Terrible . In monastic order to preclude this from happening to other miss , the FBI has put out official tips for multitude to follow . It ’s , um , well , you ’ll see :
Do n’t take for granted that your computer ’s anti - virus software is a guarantee against intrusions .
Turn off your computer when you are n’t using it .
cross your webcam when not in use .
Do n’t open attachments without independently verifying that they were send from someone you know .
It ’s okay to be leery . If you welcome a message with an attachment from your female parent at 3 a.m. , maybe the message is not really from your female parent .
If your computer has been compromised and you are obtain extortion threat , do n’t be afraid to talk to your parents or to call legal philosophy enforcement .
Yeah , some of it is real tin foil hat type advice but I think the lesson of the report is to not be afraid to get hold of the authorization because they can lock up people like Gunn for this clobber . Or maybe it ’s to never take a naked picture of yourself because it ’ll in all likelihood end up online somehow or another . Or mayhap it ’s to never entrust alien . Or maybe just continue off the Internet . It ’s filled with terrible masses who take advantage of impressionable kids . Ugh , I feel gross . [ FBIviaBuzzFeed , Image viaTischenko Irina / Shutterstock ]
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