The scammers were posing as young women online to trick people into sending sexually explicit material.
Instagram owner Meta says it has removed thousands of accounts in Nigeria that were trying to target people in sextortion schemes.
Victims of sextortion crimes have taken their own lives due to the stress, stigma and shame felt after being scammed."Financial sextortion is a horrific crime that can have devastating consequences," it said. Perpetrators of sextortion scams present themselves to a user online as a potential romantic interest with the aim of getting them to send explicit or intimate images of themselves - often by sending a nude image first and asking for one in return.
The fraudsters are included on the tech giant's list of dangerous organisations and individuals that are banned from using its platforms to carry out their activities.
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