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Police investigating numerous reports of extortion

KAWARTHA LAKES-Kawartha Lakes Police say they have received numerous reports of alleged extortion over the last 72 hours.

The male victims allegedly sent intimate images to an unknown person who they met through Facebook. After sending the images, the victims were told to send payment or the images would be distributed on the internet.

Police say all of the victims that have come forward are adults and they are reminding people that it is never a good idea to forward intimate pictures over the internet, especially to individuals you don’t know.

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Pamela Vanmeer
Pamela Vanmeerhttps://www.kawartha411.ca/
Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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