Gardai say teenagers need to be careful about accepting friend requests from strangers.
Teenagers are being warned about a social media scam which tries to blackmails them for cash.
Gardai are investigating a number of incidents where boys were sexually coerced to send explicit photos of themselves, before being blackmailed.
Gardai say teenagers need to be careful about accepting friend requests from strangers.
Crime prevention officer, Sergeant Dean Kerins, outlines one case.
Sergeant Kerins says the friend requests are fake
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