You\u2019ve been waiting for this day \u2013 that match on Tinder has finally responded to you, and you\u2019re nervous and excited and elated all at once. They suggest moving the conversation to Snapchat, they\u2019re not on Tinder very often after all. You reach out and kick off the conversation \u2013 and being that you matched on Tinder, you\u2019re all too eager to show them \u2018the good\u2019. After sending a few intimate images over to them, though, your fun comes to an end; now you\u2019re scrambling to find help, as your new potential partner is holding your pictures for blackmail, and the clock is ticking. Who do you turn to? Who can help? Certainly, it must be the police \u2013 but how much can they do? Can police help with online blackmail? This is the question we\u2019ll answer in this article.<\/p>\n
There are several different potential outcomes. If you find yourself to be a blackmail victim, approaching your local law enforcement agency is not a bad plan. If you report sextortion<\/a> or report blackmail online quickly and early on in your situation. Some blackmailers\u2019 and sextortionists\u2019 strategies revolve around defamation of individuals and the doctoring of the media they have sent them \u2013 they may threaten to create a webpage that suggests that the content you\u2019ve sent them, originally in good faith, was meant for eyes unwelcoming or worse, for a minor.<\/p>\n Therefore, filing a police report early into an online blackmail or sextortion situation can be highly beneficial \u2013 you now have a record, on file, that you are indeed the victim of a crime, rather than a harasser or a predator. Keep detailed documentation of your situation and all communications with the suspect. It will help you provide a report.\u00a0 If for any reason this is the threat your perpetrator is proposing, you now have proof-positive that you are not at fault.<\/p>\n