BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — On this week’s Mom to Mom, Local 10’s Nicole Perez spoke to a South Florida mother who shared her son’s terrifying experience after being targeted by an online predator.
Kelly Grimes, a South Florida mother, shared her son’s experience with a sextortion scam, something she never thought she would ever be involved in.
“She told him she had a gun and that if he did not send very explicit inappropriate images to her, that there would be some harm. He was frantic calling me, asking me if he could have, I think the amount was like $200, $250 immediately. I’m like, Red Flag, what is going on? And he’s like, of course, explains to me that unfortunately, he had sent inappropriate images to someone that he met online,” said Grimes…