Sextortion Evidence Preservation Record

PROBLEM: The FBI's sextortion guidance is the same in every public service announcement: stop communicating with the offender, do not pay, preserve the evidence (screenshots, usernames, payment demands, timestamps), secure affected accounts, and report promptly — to the FBI, the Internet Crime Complaint Center, or NCMEC's CyberTipline. The FBI and NCAA warn student-athletes specifically that paying, negotiating, or sending additional images does not guarantee the offender will stop and may lead to further demands. Evidence is the difference between a report and a prosecution — but victims under threat usually delete everything first, and there is no standing record of what evidence was preserved in each case.

SOLUTION: A sextortion evidence preservation record: every report logged with what evidence was preserved (messages, demands, payment records, timestamps), what was secured, and where it was reported — so the evidence chain is recorded before it can be deleted.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — FBI guidance (FBI Kansas City PSA, Feb 10, 2026; FBI/NCAA student-athlete PSA, Aug 12, 2026): stop communicating, do not pay, preserve evidence, secure accounts, report to FBI/IC3/NCMEC. FBI NCII reporting portal (tips.fbi.gov; 1-800-CALL-FBI). Sources: FBI; Bitdefender summary of the FBI/NCAA PSA.