(London Independent) A father who was blackmailed by a sex scammer using a compromising video posted to social media begged for his life in the hours leading up to his suicide.
Heartbreaking messages, sent by the desperate Irish man shortly before his death, reveal that he asked the scammer to take pity on him and delete footage.
When pressed for cash the man, who was in his 40s, wrote: “Please I only have my kids. I’m sorry, please. Don’t do this to my kids, I love them and don’t want to leave them.”