{"id":115197,"date":"2024-11-18T22:27:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T21:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=115197"},"modified":"2024-11-18T22:27:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T21:27:37","slug":"parents-of-late-uk-teen-plead-with-nigerian-fraudsters-to-stop-sextortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/parents-of-late-uk-teen-plead-with-nigerian-fraudsters-to-stop-sextortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents of late UK teen plead with Nigerian fraudsters to stop sextortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The parents of a British teenager who died by suicide after falling victim to sextortion, Mark and Ros Dowey, have issued a direct plea to criminals in Nigeria to stop terrorising children.<\/p>\n<p>Their 16-year-old son took his own life after being tricked by Nigerian scammers posing as a girl, who manipulated him into sending explicit pictures of himself.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nSpeaking about their son\u2019s death, they shared that they were then threatened with the release of the material to family and friends unless they complied with the blackmailer\u2019s demands, one which they believed led Murray to take his own life.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nMark told the BBC that his son was \u201ca really lovely kid\u201d and that neither he nor his wife had any idea something was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe went up to his room, and he was absolutely fine. And you know, we found him dead the next morning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>His mother added, \u201cWe had no chance to intervene, to notice there was something wrong and try and help and fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple, Mark and Ros Dowey, expressed their heartbreak over their son\u2019s death, saying,\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re abusing children. You\u2019ve ended Murray\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow would they feel if it was their child or their little brother or their friend? I mean, it\u2019s so cruel, and this is children, and it\u2019s abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re terrorising people, children, for some money, and I don\u2019t think in any society that is in any way acceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The couple also criticised tech companies, stating that they could do much more to combat sextortion.<\/p>\n<p>Mark said, \u201cSocial media companies could do so much more, and the reason they don\u2019t do so much more is money. It will stop them making more billions than they\u2019re making.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ros said, \u201cThey make big headlines about caring and trying to stop, but they need to put their money where their mouth is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe technologies are there for them to stop so many of these crimes being perpetrated, so much of the harm being shown and then forced onto kids through algorithms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut they don\u2019t, you know, they don\u2019t care, because all they care about is profits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ros encouraged anyone who had fallen victim to sextortion to not feel ashamed and to reach out for help.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cEverything in life passes. There\u2019s nothing that is worth taking your own life for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if something happens to you, put that phone down and go and get somebody you trust and tell them it\u2019s happened, and don\u2019t be ashamed at what you\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thousands of children are sharing images. It\u2019s happened. 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