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'Sextortion' suspects deny involvement in Daniel Perry case
Source: BBC
Two Filipino men suspected of blackmailing a UK teenager who took his own life have been traced by the BBC.
Daniel Perry from Dunfermline was 17 when he fell from the Forth Bridge in July 2013.
He had been the victim of online sexual blackmail or "sextortion" by a group operating from the Philippines, after being duped into taking part in an explicit Skype chat.
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Interpol says this kind of crime is increasing, with "hundreds of thousands of victims".
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30494566
