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What is kik?

I found some articles online that talked about how a guy can find a hookup and they (stupidly) recommended trying kik. I had never heard of this app (it is only an app, nothing on the web). So I tried it out and had some interesting conversations with people. This app lets you chat with random people anywhere about anything you want. They supposedly have a policy that forbids explicit material and chat, but I don't think that stops anyone. I found several interesting conversations there before I found one that was one I will never forget.

I talked with a woman who seemed very comical and interesting for 10 minutes before she came right out and told me she was so insanely horny she wanted to share herself with me online. She redirected me to Skype where we could video chat. Ok, why not, so I met her there and she immediately dropped her clothes and began "entertaining" me. Wow, this was interesting! And then she asked me to reciprocate and do the same for her. It sounded fun and this was early in my online experiences so I was naïve and gullible and went along.

I don't think we did this for each other for more than 3-4 minutes before the video dropped out and I got a chat from a guy who said I had to pay him $350 or he would send my video to all my outlook contacts and Facebook friends. He even sent screen captures of many of my Facebook friends to prove he knew who they were.

Ok, I had fallen for a sextortion scam and this guy was insane! He was sending messages to my outlook, to my Facebook, and to my iMessage using contacts he harvested from my outlook contact list and Facebook friends list. In my panic, I spent the better part of a morning trying to figure out how to meet his demands before he released the data. I ended up sending the money via Walmart Money Center. By the time I got home there was a new message that his boss wanted $1000 or he would release the videos anyway. And this is when I realized my mistake. I blocked everyone, locked down my Facebook friends list (too late), and posted a Facebook message that I had been sextorted and there could be some embarrassing videos or photos released. I figured it's done and I should get out ahead of it while I can.

And here is what I learned from this whole fiasco about sextortion scams.
1. Keep it in your pants!
2. If you show anything, do not show your face or identifying characteristics like tattoos and body composition. Please see #1
3. Do NOT pay! As I've seen posted in Reddit's /scams, you are either embarrassed or you are embarrassed and out of a lot of money. And they will ALWAYS ask for more if you pay.
4. Block, block, block!
5. Always make your Facebook friends list restricted so it's not publicly available.
6. Always use a second, disposable account for these activities.
7. Enjoy random chats on kik but realize there are a LOT of scammers out there looking for bait.

It's been over 3 months and nobody has ever attempted to share photos or videos from my rather personal photos or videos. I've been told that it's very very rare that they do, unless you really piss them off. So don't argue, just block!
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