Gardaí warn students of WhatsApp blackmail scam threatening to circulate intimate images

Gardaí have warned people to be aware of a social media scam that involves blackmailing victims by threatening to post fake photos.

Gardaí have urged people not to engage with the sender of a damaging social media scam targeting secondary school students which threatens to circulate fake intimate photographs.

The scam, circulating via a WhatsApp message and impacting pupils in schools around the country, attempts to blackmail unsuspecting victims by claiming it will share the images online.