Teens Are Targets of Sextortion & A Father Fights Back

Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Matt Harris and Seton Tucker

True Crime

4.1 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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On July 27, 2022, 17 year old Gavin Guffey of York County, SC took his life after being a victim of a sextortion scheme. His father, Brandon Guffey, is a State Representative in South Carolina. Representative Guffey bravely talks about the day he found his son dead from a self inflicted gun shot wound and what he discovered afterward sent Brandon Guffey on a mission to stop this from happening to more teens like his son Gavin. Part two of the interview with Brandon Guffey will be out soon and he will tell us where Gavin's Law stands and any progress that has been made to stop these evil scammers. The Jan 29, 2025 episode of Impact was about the arrest of a Nigerian man allegedly involved in the sextortion of Gavin Guffey. You can learn about sextortion at https://noescaperoom.org Information on the Guffey organization https://lessthan3sc.org Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present from the southeast region of the U.S. Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company. Look for Impact of Influence on Facebook and Youtube. Please support our sponsors Elevate your closet with Quince. Go to Quince dot com slash impact for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.4	Covering true crime throughout the southeast.
0:55.1	Coming up in this episode, you will find out a surprising reason that more and more
0:59.8	teen boys are unaliving themselves. Hi, it's Matt Harris and Seton Tucker and hello friend.
1:07.1	Serious a couple of episodes coming up, but we do want to tell you where you can join in the conversation.
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1:36.1	We'll put a trigger warning on it as far as there's going to be a mention of unliving,
1:42.4	and there's going to be photos that were being sent back and forth from teens,
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