BM Boys: the Nigerian sextortion network hiding in plain sight on TikTok

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ashoeafoot · 3h ago

Let it be written in the chronicles that with internet and all the choice, tutorials and later in game money in the world , some places choose this.

I hope that at least one of those kids becomes a marine doing what the marines were made for.

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BM Boys: the Nigerian sextortion network hiding in plain sight on TikTok

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