Control + Alt + Deceive: Teen Boys & Sextortion

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Parents, brace yourselves for a wake-up call! Dr. Phil delves into the alarming rise of sextortion targeting teen boys, uncovering the silent threats lurking in the digital world and urging families to tighten their bonds before it's too late. There's a dangerous and silent predator infiltrating homes across America, preying on the vulnerability of teen boys. In an era where familial connections are dwindling, virtual sextortionists capitalize on teenagers' longing for connection, exploiting their impulses and their parents' lack of tech-savvy. Tamia and Tim Woods talk about how their son, James, took his own life after being preyed on by sextortionists and receiving over 200 messages in 19 hours. South Carolina State Representative Brandon Guffey tells the story of how his son, Gavin, killed himself less than 2 hours after sextortionists contacted him. Rick is a 15-year-old sextortion survivor who says he skipped school for a week and stole from his parents before finally telling his mother, Deanna, that he was being sextorted. Deanna stepped in and reported them to the FBI. Nico is another sextortion survivor who was blackmailed by sextortionists at age 14, staying up for 24 hours before telling his mother Sue-Anne. Cyber security expert and founder of Bullyville, James McGibney, talks about why teen boys are the prime target for this crime and what parents can do to protect their kids online.

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0:00.0	Sexortion killed my son.
0:02.0	Sexdortion is when an adult enticed as a child
0:06.0	to produce a sexually explicit image of themselves
0:08.0	and send it to them over the internet.
0:10.0	From the time Gavin was contacted by his
0:14.0	extortionist till he took his own life was how long?
0:17.0	One hour and 40 minutes.
0:19.0	One hour and 40 minutes.
0:20.0	That's how deadly a game we're playing here.
0:23.6	America, we have a problem.
0:33.6	Our virtual borders are being breached and our children are under
0:39.8	attack. There is a dangerous and silent predator out there, one that is entering your home
0:47.5	without your permission and threatening the well-being and in the extreme cases, the lives of your teen boys.
0:56.7	Tonight, we're exposing an alarming and growing trend, one you probably have never even heard
1:03.4	of, one that is specifically targeting your teenage young men, sexstortion.
1:10.0	Sexstortion is when an adult coerces or entices a child to produce
1:14.4	a sexually explicit image of themselves and send it to them over the internet. Once the offender
1:19.4	gets a single image of a child, typically they'll use that image to coerce the child to produce
1:23.5	more and more under threats of sending that image to friends at school, games on a contact list, or even the parents.
1:30.3	Any child can be a victim of this crime, whether they're on the honor roll, whether they're a star athlete, boys or girls,
1:36.3	but we have to encourage them to make smart decisions when they're online.
1:40.3	The rise of teen boys being extorted is a dark reality in which predators are cashing in on the stage of their brain development, their lack of real-life relationships, lack of impulse control, parental ignorance, and most importantly, the deterioration of the American Family Unit.
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