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Boys as young as 14 targeted with 'sextortion' scams on social networks including Snapchat and Instagram .
Criminals trick them into sending sexual images - and then threaten to share the images unless they pay about 100 .
90% of online sextortion victims are boys aged 14 to 17 .
Most of the offences are committed by people from West African countries, including Nigeria .
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