Im being blackmailed
Hello, Basil. So I'm being blackmailed by one of my former friends. So him and I met on League, we were pretty good friends. Him and I skyped, and we did a video call, and saw eachother. I told him I had a brother, and he wanted to compare how I looked compared to my brother, who's much older than me, so I gave him a link to my brother's Facebook. Huge mistake. He saved a picture of my brother and my cousin from my brother's Facebook, and now he's trying to blackmail me into buying him some stuff on League with real money or else he'll post the picture everywhere on Facebook, which I really don't want, since I don't want my brother or cousin to find out that I showed him his Facebook. He said if I get him what he wants he'll delete the picture from his hard drive, yet he can always just go back and save it again. I don't know what the hell I can do at this point. I don't want to tell my parents, since they'll flip out at me. I can't tell my brother, or my cousin, 'cause they'll also flip out at me, so I don't know what to do. Should I give him what he wants and hope he stops, or should I tell somebody?
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Lmao. I just went to check on his profile and it turns out he deactivated it. Thanks, guys. Locking the thread now. Have a good one, e'rryone.
Agreed. Just tell them you don't care, do whatever the heck they want with that photo. It's not even anything to worry about. Besides what can they do to blackmail you with a single photograph. It would be different of they got a hold of your credit card info or worse, but even then you can just tell your provider that the card was stolen. Don't let these nimrods scare you into doing nothing because they have no actual power.
If it's already on facebook then it's already out there for people to see. It really shouldn't matter.
this is the worst blackmail threat i ever seen. your brother's fb is made public, so anyone can see the photos regardless.
Call the police.
Yeah, you've got a point there. Alright, I'll just let him know he's a moron. Thanks, everyone.
Is he like 12 years old?
Who cares. It's just a couple of photos lol, anyone can access them anyway.
[quote=yoloswag6942042]Guess you've got a point there. Thing is, I'm generally a really paranoid person. Most of the time, I look at every possible outcome of every scenario.
EDIT: Well, he still has access to my brother's Facebook account, and could send him a friend request and mention my name, so that could also screw things up.[/quote]
It's ok to be paranoid, but you just have to realize when a situation isn't as bad as it seems
Also I don't see why your brother would add strangers on Facebook, let alone letting them message him, but I dunno that's just me
considering you met this person online, it's highly unlikely that he has any kind of connection to your family. besides, posting a regular photo of a stranger for blackmail on fb is dumb and there's no way it'll become so viral that it eventually reaches your brother. even if it does, it can't be that embarrassing (it's on his fb) that he wouldn't want anyone to see it. what's that kid going to write about on fb? "hurdurdur im trolling some kid by posting his pics on fb"
and if your brother somehow finds out? it doesn't really matter and you can explain it to him. or you can go on his account and block your "friend".
It's your brother's fault for posting it on Facebook.
He's probably some nerd and nobody will see it except his 10 ugly nerd friends. Just tell your bro you don't know how he found it and make sure the blackmailer knows that you don't care.
Guess you've got a point there. Thing is, I'm generally a really paranoid person. Most of the time, I look at every possible outcome of every scenario.
EDIT: Well, he still has access to my brother's Facebook account, and could send him a friend request and mention my name, so that could also screw things up.
[quote=yoloswag6942042]It's just that it pisses me off that he's doing something as irritating as that. Plus, not to mention, I'm paranoid that my brother might somehow find the picture which he shared, and figure out that I linked him my bro's Facebook, and my brother doesn't even have me added. ._.[/quote]
If there's nothing wrong with the picture there shouldn't be anything to worry about. He may not even do it, he might just be saying that to lead you on. And I don't understand how your brother may eventually find it if he and the blackmailer have no friends or anything in common.
From what I see, you're worrying too much.
well this is creepy
It's just that it pisses me off that he's doing something as irritating as that. Plus, not to mention, I'm paranoid that my brother might somehow find the picture which he shared, and figure out that I linked him my bro's Facebook, and my brother doesn't even have me added. ._.
What's so bad about him posting their picture on Facebook? Anyway, this is why I never share who I am as a human with anyone I meet online only.
@FySaurusRex No, there isn't.