Man uses digital forensics team to stop sextortion scam

About this episode

Don shares his experience of being targeted by a sextortion scam and how he fought back with the help of a digital forensics team.

Send us Fan Mail "Don" was married for 42 years, with a successful career, when his life was turned upside down by a single message on his Instagram. He hid his dark secret from his wife until one day he was forced to come clean AND found a way to fight back. Support the show

People in this episode

Host: April

Guest: Don

Topics covered

• sextortion
• digital forensics
• marriage
• personal struggle
• scams

Keywords

• sextortion
• scam
• digital forensics
• Instagram
• marriage
• personal story

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Instagram

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