Statewide Iowa – Iowans are being warned about online criminals who are threatening to expose people’s alleged shady internet habits. Lisa Schiller, at the Better Business Bureau, says they’re tracking a type of “sextortion” blackmail scam where con artists will claim they have evidence of you watching porn.
Schiller says these scams can be effective because no one wants to talk about this, much less if they’ve fallen for it. She says the crooks want to spook people into sending money immediately.
Schiller says this tracks along with other scams like the IRS or warrant scams, where callers try to scare you into immediate action. If you get one of these calls, she says to simply hang up.
