A U. of I. student reported that she attempted to purchase a ticket being offered for sale through the social media app GroupMe. The student paid $100 for the ticket via a mobile banking app, and later called police when she noticed that the same person was continuing to sell the same concert ticket on social media.

A U. of I. student reported that he was the victim of sexual extortion in 2021, when an unknown person obtained intimate images of the student and threatened to post them to social media unless the student paid money. On Oct. 4, 2023, the same person contacted the student again to repeat the threat and demand money.

A U. of I. student reported that he entered a video chat with an unknown person after matching with them on a dating app named Bumble. The unknown person encouraged the student to engage in intimate acts during the video chat. After the chat ended, the unknown person demanded money under the threat of sending the video to the student's social media contacts. The student did not send any money and blocked the account. The unknown person called the student repeatedly over the course of 30 minutes.

A U. of I. student reported that he was invited to chat on Instagram by an unknown person. The conversation became sexual in nature, and the unknown person invited the student into a video chat to perform intimate acts. When the video chat ended, the unknown person demanded money under threat of sending the video to the student's social media contacts. The student did not pay and blocked the account.