Sextortion warning: In six hours, my son wasdead | BBC News

A mother whose son killed himself just six hours afterbeing targeted by "sextortionists" is campaigning to raise awareness.

Jordan DeMay died in 2022 after brothers Samuel andSamson Ogoshi targeted him from Lagos, pretendingto be an attractive girl his age, and then blackmailedhim with explicit images of himself.

Now, his mother, Jenn Buta, is using the TikTokaccount Jordan set up for her to warn young peopleabout such criminals, largely based in Nigeria - and her videos have more than a million "likes".

Nigerian police have told BBC News any suggestionthey are not taking the crimes seriously is "laughable".