GARDAI are probing a new case of sextortion after a teenager was ordered to pay €1,000 to stop an intimate picture of him being shared online. Young men, should be very Careful, online, people dont know, who they are making Contact with?

The family, from rural Ireland, refused to pay the money and now Gardai are trying to track down those behind the illicit scam.

The image thankfully wasn’t published online and those responsible shut down all contact once they were informed the Gardai were involved.

The boy was tricked into sending a nude picture of himself to the evil perpetrator via Snapchat.The vile fraudster used a second phone to photograph the image before the photo automatically deleted on the app.

The blackmailer befriended the youngster via Instagram and used a sexy image of a woman with a fake name to lure him in.

They spoke online until the conversation got raunchy and the child was encouraged to send a nude pic, which he eventually did.

The sextortionist then threatened to share the image to all his friends if they didn’t get paid.