(Audubon Co.) The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public of a scam involving a popular social media app “Snapchat”.
In the reported incidents, scammers are requesting to follow users using a fake account and make attempts to gain inappropriate photos (nude photos). Once the scammer has the photo(s), the scammer demands payment or threatens to make the photos public. In some cases, the predators are reaching out to teenage boys; pretending to be teenaged girls. Once they are friends and following each other, the scammer requests the inappropriate photos and later demands payment or posts the photos publicly.
The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office wants to remind all Snapchat users to only allow people you know to follow you. Do not follow anyone you do not know. They would also like to urge parents to remind children of this.
