What does Chris Hansen's sextortion documentary reveal about how teen boys are targeted?

Chris Hansen said he interviewed four sets of parents whose sons killed themselves after sextortion. Scammers in Nigeria posing as teenage girls on Instagram and Facebook traded photos with the boys, then threatened to send the images to family unless paid. The cases include Brandon Guffey, a South Carolina state representative who lost his son, and Jordan DeMay of Marquette, Michigan. In the DeMay case, Hansen says, the FBI had the scammers extradited from Nigeria, and they pleaded guilty and are serving federal prison time.

• Hansen says boys are the prime target, while girls are more often threatened with AI-made fake images.
• Hansen believes each boy needed only about 30 minutes with a parent who promised not to punish him.
• Hansen says the documentary is free to watch on True Blue without a subscription.

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“Let them put it on the internet. It's going to be over in 15 minutes.” Chris Hansen · at 1:19:45 — open in the transcript →

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on The Shawn Ryan Show (2026-10-26). Read the whole episode summary →

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