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Sextortion: TV reporter confronts a Nigerian scammer | 7NEWS Spotlight
7NEWS Spotlight’s bombshell investigation reveals the dark underbelly of social media sextortion and the role Meta and other tech giants play in taking responsibility in these scams.
Rohan Cosgriff, 17, had everything to live for, but within hours of the Victorian teenager sharing an explicit photo on social media with a Nigerian scammer posing as a young, attractive girl, Rohan was blackmailed and pressured into taking his own life.
In a major 7NEWS Spotlight investigation, award-winning investigative journalist Sarah Greenhalgh reveals the dark underbelly of social media.
The Australian Federal Police estimate that as many as 3,000 cases occur in our country every month, with teenage boys left ashamed and scared. What starts as a simple “hello” in a direct online message quickly escalates into a terrifying ordeal involving private photos and ruthless extortion. Like Rohan, some of these cases have tragic consequences.
Determined to expose the criminals, Sarah travels 15,000km to Lagos, Nigeria, coming face-to-face with a sextortionist who explains in chilling detail how he and his colleagues target their victims.
In a heart-wrenching interview, Rohan’s parents share their son’s story publicly for the first time. Recounting the tragic circumstances that led to his death, the Cosgriffs hope to prevent other Australian families experiencing the same tragedy.
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Secrets of the Governess: Anne Hegerty interview | 7NEWS Spotlight
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On famed quiz show The Chase, Anne Hegerty is all the things you’d expect from her English Governess alter-ego. Formidable, stern and for the wannabe quizzers who come up against her, perhaps a tad scary. But little about the real Anne Hegerty is quite as conventional. Watch the full interview with Anne and 7NEWS Spotlight reporter Sarah Greenhalgh. Subscribe to 7NEWS Spotlight for the latest v...
Never ending appetite: What is Prader-Willi syndrome? | Sunday Night Archive
zhlédnutí 89KPřed dnem
It’s the most baffling and bizarre medical syndrome known to science. Around 20 Australian babies are born with it every year, half a million live with it around the world. There is no test for it, and scientists do not know why it strikes. There is no cure and currently no answers - sufferers simply have a constant, total uncontrollable urge to eat. Imagine always being hungry and never feelin...
Living with ‘Werewolf Syndrome’ | Sunday Night Archive
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Sunday Night reporter Tim Noonan meets a remarkable 11-year-old girl who is quite literally, one in a billion. Brave Supatra “Nat” Sasuphan suffers from an incredibly rare genetic disorder called Ambras Syndrome - or Werewolf Syndrome - which results in her body being covered in hair, including all over her face. It was thought to be incurable, but scientists have made a breakthrough in discove...
The Ozempic Revolution - your questions answered | 7NEWS Spotlight
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Australia's leading weight loss experts answer your questions about Ozempic - the positives and the dangers. Special guest Ajay Rochester also shares her personal battle with weight loss. Subscribe to 7NEWS Spotlight for the latest video » 7news.link/SpotlightSubscribe Connect with 7NEWS Spotlight online Visit » 7news.com.au/spotlight 7NEWS Spotlight Podcast » smarturl.it/7NewsSpotlight Faceboo...
Kokoda Trail crawl: Kurt Fearnley's tribute to family | 7NEWS Spotlight
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Following the loss of a close cousin who suffered with depression, Kurt Fearnley was inspired to raise money for Beyond Blue by taking on a seemingly impossible challenge - traversing the Kokoda Trail by crawling the whole way. This story originally aired on November 22nd 2009, on Seven News Australia Sunday Night. Subscribe to 7NEWS Spotlight for the latest video » 7news.link/SpotlightSubscrib...
Does deep brain stimulation work? | Sunday Night Archive
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After being diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a baby, Martha struggled being trapped in a body that wasn't her own. There is no cure for cerebral palsy sufferers like Martha, but there is hope. It's a radical treatment called deep brain stimulation. This story originally aired on the 11th September 2011. Subscribe to 7NEWS Spotlight for the latest video » 7news.link/SpotlightSubscribe Connect wi...
The U.S. border wall: Inside Trumps border battle | Sunday Night Archive
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"Build the wall" was the rallying cry - a wall to secure the U.S. border with Mexico. And it worked - it helped elect Donald Trump as president. But much of the land is the wild west - a land of drug smugglers, illegal immigrants, gang wars and gun-toting cowboy vigilantes. This story originally aired on 25 June 2017. Subscribe to 7NEWS Spotlight for the latest video » 7news.link/SpotlightSubsc...
Ross Coulthart investigates UK's UFO Phenomenon
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Ross Coulthart, in one of his first UFO/UAP investigations for 7NEWS Australia, looked into sightings from the UK. Nick Pope was cleared to read Britain's most closely held state secrets. The former employee of the Ministry of Defence was pulled aside to investigate the threat to British national security posed by UFOs. What Nick Pope found in those secret files was intriguing, but one incident...
Nice terror attack: Surviving Bastille Day | Sunday Night archive
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Every year, thousands of adventurous young Australians head overseas. For many, it's their first trip away from home - a rite of passage. But there's a new menace facing our young travellers - random acts of senseless terror. Adelaide Stratton and her three friends were having the time of their lives when terror struck. Adelaide was left fighting for her life. But in those first crucial moments...
Born Different: Unravelling the mysteries of rare genetic disorders | Sunday Night Archive
zhlédnutí 97KPřed měsícem
In this Sunday Night Archive compilation, we take a look at some of the world's rarest and most mysterious genetic disorders and the stories of the extraordinary people who continue to defy the odds with these lifelong conditions. Key Chapters in this video: 0:00 The Human Mannequin 13:58 Werewolf Syndrome 20:20 Prader-Willi Syndrome Subscribe to 7NEWS Spotlight for the latest video » 7news.lin...
Inside the world's most deadly city: Juárez Mexico | Sunday Night Archive
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Sunday Night takes a rare look into Juárez, the world's most deadly city. This story originally aired on October 23, 2011. Subscribe to 7NEWS Spotlight for the latest video » 7news.link/SpotlightSubscribe Connect with 7NEWS Spotlight online Visit » 7news.com.au/spotlight 7NEWS Spotlight Podcast » smarturl.it/7NewsSpotlight Facebook » 7newsSpotlight/ Twitter » 7newsSpotl...
Bringing Down a Bishop: The Sins of Christopher Saunders | 7NEWS Spotlight
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This is the story of how one of Australia's top Catholic Bishops was brought down by a 7NEWS investigation. Chris Reason's exclusive reporting about the alleged crimes of the Bishop of Broome landed on the desk of the Pope, and led to history being made - the first Papal investigation in Australia. Subscribe to 7NEWS Spotlight for the latest video » 7news.link/SpotlightSubscribe Chris Reason is...
Inside the Investigation: The Search for MH370 Truth | 7NEWS
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Subscribe and set 🔔 » 7news.link/YTSubscribe | Ten years ago on March 8 2014, a plane vanished along with all 239 passengers and crew on board. To this day, we still don’t know what happened to Malaysian Airlines flight 370. The official search was called off in 2018, but public fascination remained. We still don’t know where the plane is. But one thing is certain: answers as to what happened t...
Professor Michio Kaku & Ross Coulthart interview IN FULL | UFO UAP News
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The world is continuing to learn more about the UFO UAP phenomenon. Here, veteran investigative journalist Ross Coulthart sits down for an extended interview with renowned quantum physicist Professor Michio Kaku for an eye-opening discussion. Subscribe and set 🔔 » 7news.link/YTSubscribe This interview, was recorded in June 2022. Portions of it have aired in our Need To Know documentary, as we a...
The sleeping spell: Unravelling the mysterious Sleeping Beauty Syndrome
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The sleeping spell: Unravelling the mysterious Sleeping Beauty Syndrome
Jeremy Corbell, Ross Coulthart & Bryce Zabel: Full interview | UFO UAP News
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Jeremy Corbell, Ross Coulthart & Bryce Zabel: Full interview | UFO UAP News
Sex, lies, and scandal: Football players' disturbing treatment of women revealed
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Sex, lies, and scandal: Football players' disturbing treatment of women revealed
Australia's first miracle: Discovering saints of the Catholic church | 7NEWS Spotlight
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Australia's first miracle: Discovering saints of the Catholic church | 7NEWS Spotlight
The muscle up revolution: Arnie's Angels | Sunday Night Flashback
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The muscle up revolution: Arnie's Angels | Sunday Night Flashback
Leap of faith: jumping from a plane with no parachute
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Leap of faith: jumping from a plane with no parachute
Instagram's infamous gangsters cashing in online
zhlédnutí 9KPřed 4 měsíci
Instagram's infamous gangsters cashing in online
The Viking Sky cruise disaster: True terror on board
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The Viking Sky cruise disaster: True terror on board
Horror crocodile attack: Cindy Waldron's final moments revealed
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Horror crocodile attack: Cindy Waldron's final moments revealed
Bernard Tomic: Tennis 'bad boy' uncensored | Sunday Night
zhlédnutí 130KPřed 4 měsíci
Bernard Tomic: Tennis 'bad boy' uncensored | Sunday Night
Australia's oldest wartime mystery: The search for forgotten Submarine AE1
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Australia's oldest wartime mystery: The search for forgotten Submarine AE1
Professor Garry Nolan & Ross Coulthart: Full interview | UFO UAP News
zhlédnutí 2,7MPřed 4 měsíci
Professor Garry Nolan & Ross Coulthart: Full interview | UFO UAP News
Living with a chronic sleeping disorder: What is Narcolepsy?
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Living with a chronic sleeping disorder: What is Narcolepsy?
The heartwarming story of Trishna & Krishna: Conjoined twins separated
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The heartwarming story of Trishna & Krishna: Conjoined twins separated
Escaping the Hamas attack on Ofakim: A survivor's story
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Escaping the Hamas attack on Ofakim: A survivor's story

Komentáře

  • @EvanC8
    @EvanC8 Před 31 minutou

    Jeremy is either clueless or is there to put out disinfo or both. The govt most definitely knows alot about the UFOs. They also have reverse engineered these craft for decades and the govt has their own alien reverse engineered craft. Being that he knows John leer and Bob lazar it’s odd he says there isn’t reverse engineering being g done when lazar was employed by the govt at Area 51 for exactly that. He is putting out disinfo. Also the tic tac ufo filmed by tbe military was a man made reverse engineered craft from downed alien craft. The secret space program is real. NASA is a front they hide and help fund the real space program that is hidden. Ben rich from Lockheed skunk works said they have the technology to take E.T home. Too bad these guys in this interview are there to skew the information and mislead people.

  • @nitakuma
    @nitakuma Před 37 minutami

    I LOVE JIM BROWNING <3 <3 <3

  • @hunnybee_
    @hunnybee_ Před 51 minutou

    i wonder how ozempic would effect her weight. i know it can’t do anything about her hunger since it’s a mental thing, but it could help her lose a bit of weight maybe. /nm /lh

  • @kyleethekelt
    @kyleethekelt Před 51 minutou

    Oh, I so identify with much of this. Solidarity anne.

  • @soniaipcarvalho6201
    @soniaipcarvalho6201 Před 54 minutami

    👏👏❤️🙏 I SALUTE you @kevinsullivan6106! In my book you are a HERO!

  • @marzymarrz5172
    @marzymarrz5172 Před hodinou

    ah, the old futures trader. Nothing like a job that no one understands.

  • @frankiefranklin9761
    @frankiefranklin9761 Před hodinou

    I saw an older doc she was in from years ago. Hope she's doing ok The worst bit of the disease is they need less cals per day than the average person. So it must feel like a losing battle

  • @kerriecu2
    @kerriecu2 Před hodinou

    Not Prader Willi, but many people taking some of the antipsychotic medications tell me they are constantly hungry and never feel full enough. They feel it as a constant battle as well.

  • @sarah-jaynemcdonald2594
    @sarah-jaynemcdonald2594 Před 2 hodinami

    Say what you like about the UK government. They dl care for disabled people.

  • @mikaylamartin5549
    @mikaylamartin5549 Před 2 hodinami

    Thank you Mary Mackillop for the many favours granted.

  • @RockingArt
    @RockingArt Před 2 hodinami

    Please, record such videos without that annoying music in the background! I've got tinnitus, and it is very distracting!

  • @Adrian-xn1qw
    @Adrian-xn1qw Před 3 hodinami

    If only the reporter take the note to the US first..

  • @reynam.1303
    @reynam.1303 Před 3 hodinami

    He is soooo matured compared to her 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @DavidFlores-cg3nr
    @DavidFlores-cg3nr Před 3 hodinami

    EXCELLENT INTERVIEW!!!!

  • @Loumains
    @Loumains Před 4 hodinami

    I love Anne and autism is harder to diagnose in girls than boys,girls with autism can still seem advanced etc but boys go into themselves more not talking till aged 5 etc my eldest son has autism and he was more into himself than expressing himself,his ex girlfriend has autism and she was diagnosed later than Matthew because she seemed advanced in many ways but couldn’t get it down in paper,I believe I have undiagnosed autism myself because I struggled at school but in the eugh😅aut😅wasn’t known then and I struggled with change and still struggle with change even at aged 46 I like things to stay the same and that’s a known trait of autism,I struggle getting education down on paper but I can memorise and be good in my jobs that’s autism for you ❤Anne would’ve struggled in boarding school at the start because of the change but girls mask it better than boys ❤I love organising to a s routine I know I have undiagnosed autism and going to get it diagnosed won’t change anything now at my age and I’m happy and work hard and got married and have 4 children ❤and like Anne I need things explained it me directly more than someone without autism but I joke and say in having my blonde moments as in blonde 😂❤

  • @briannablanchard4480
    @briannablanchard4480 Před 5 hodinami

    I get her confusion. she doesn’t feel like she was being predatory. She’s not attracted to 13 year olds. But she was flattered by his 13 y/o boy crushing while they were in a “college atmosphere”. Also her age and upbringing is why she thought only men can be rapists. Problem is she didn’t learn her lesson. She wouldn’t humble herself and just say it was wrong even though it didn’t feel wrong. Her pride is what’s making her defensive and dance around the questions. She also seems on the spectrum.

  • @sgill4833
    @sgill4833 Před 5 hodinami

    I saw some gun metal colored triangualar shaped ship flying about 300m above me overhead. The funny thing is, I dont remember what I was doing before, and all of a sudden, I was hyper aware standing outside my house and felt like looking up and I saw it momentarily as it just left. This was like 1983 or 84 when I was about 5 or 6. For many years I thought it was just a fighter jet. But now I question what it really was. And if I was abducted and just dropped off.

    • @sgill4833
      @sgill4833 Před 5 hodinami

      Also our physics is wrong. I ended up doing a degree in aerospace engineering. There is something about electro magnetism and gravity that we haven't put together yet. For instance if you force two strong opposing magnets together and drop it in a vacuum it will fall slower than the rate of gravity suggests, meaning that gravities effect has been reduced.

  • @AngelLipad
    @AngelLipad Před 5 hodinami

    when i heard the victim who just had a chemo because of cancer and the scammer just didn't care infuriates me! how heartless could you be to robbed someone who is already suffering!!!

  • @HalfdeadSimpsonson
    @HalfdeadSimpsonson Před 5 hodinami

    Summoning the other side of dimension in the past and everybody is that far from the past, but Jay Edgar Hoover deuce said and I air quote That's a like you, Us the masses are unacceptable by slight of hand and shhhh as well, but the amount of coverup and what unfathomable secrets like the first as well as the last as well that is so unbelievably unbearable we are having to be honest with lie to function and ignore the fact that what is the truth is the so broad and so deliberately deceptive and I n facing, I feel like I am trying to get this demention behind me and we are being absorbed by the way interdimensional being and the fact that the Boogeyman is not a imagination but really that soul absorbed, tricky and real but somebody has been doing that for the past millions of times in Year for the most recent certain points of the world 🌎🤏 HOPE they can reinvest and pay you and I, All skins and quit with the divisiveness and get the 13th month of every year we each have to make up for the next few terror days in my mind, about to get nasty if we that people who are in the middle finger and government is rancid and compromised and selling our lives and future love ❤️ just to make a bombs

  • @thepowerforlife9804
    @thepowerforlife9804 Před 5 hodinami

    She's delusional

  • @southernbelladonna78
    @southernbelladonna78 Před 6 hodinami

    Have they tried Adderall? Just saying....

  • @Sarahbrun87
    @Sarahbrun87 Před 6 hodinami

    Even after All he did to Michelle, she still didnt mean him any harm. She has a beautiful heart

  • @davestevens4193
    @davestevens4193 Před 6 hodinami

    More facts less commentary.

  • @silviabarbosadesouzaalvim4142

    Que pessoa maravilhosa 🎉

  • @yusuf.alajnabi
    @yusuf.alajnabi Před 7 hodinami

    If you deal in drugs in some countries you get the death penalty. Dont ask me to feel sorry for them they knew what they were getting themselves into. Let this be a lesson to anyone who wants to try follow there footsteps. Crime doesn't pay.

  • @adambirman2379
    @adambirman2379 Před 8 hodinami

    We've been distracted with race division, LGBTQRSXYZ+ and what sports team name offends us all while this is going on.

  • @adambirman2379
    @adambirman2379 Před 8 hodinami

    Bingo! They set up in countries where they can bribe the authorities.

  • @wilfredobenitez7275
    @wilfredobenitez7275 Před 9 hodinami

    His insights are grounded, credible, and very convincing!

  • @nolaruediger3868
    @nolaruediger3868 Před 9 hodinami

    Thank you Anne for turning the light on. You are an inspiration to so many. Love watching you.

  • @nataliabirchall9093
    @nataliabirchall9093 Před 9 hodinami

    That poor lad

  • @chrisweaver5386
    @chrisweaver5386 Před 9 hodinami

    Occums Razor! With everything being equal it's the simplest explanation! I do not believe in coincidences! Everything points at Capt. Zahari! He HD a flight simulator in his house with flights to this part of the southern Indian Ocean! Not a coincidence! Plane turned and tipped it wings when going around Penang! So Capt. Zahari could take one last look! Not a coincidence! The plane followed a line of overlapping survalence! Not a coincidence! The flight data recorder was manually turned off! Not a coincidence! Capt Zahari choose to become a mass murderer of 238 innocent people! People that had wives, husbands, friends, hopes and dreams! MH370 must be found!

  • @joanjoseph3579
    @joanjoseph3579 Před 9 hodinami

    . 11:10 😊😊

  • @nataliabirchall9093
    @nataliabirchall9093 Před 9 hodinami

    Sorry she didn’t know raping a 13 year old boy as 33 year old woman who is the boys teacher isn’t illegal. Sorry no! No, when caught in the van by the police why did she said oh it’s fine his parents know he’s with me I’m his teacher, why didn’t you say oh it’s ok he’s my boyfriend? No love try again

  • @nigelmorgan3449
    @nigelmorgan3449 Před 9 hodinami

    Fantastic lady

  • @heidieorkisz5345
    @heidieorkisz5345 Před 10 hodinami

    I really hope people learn to never go with a stranger anywhere. I mean she was on her way to court but then had enough time to go look at puppies? I don’t get why she went with this man. Walked into his house freely!

  • @lus7144
    @lus7144 Před 11 hodinami

    This lady though😢😢😢

  • @larsmourey
    @larsmourey Před 11 hodinami

    She seems psychotic

  • @birechcaleb248
    @birechcaleb248 Před 11 hodinami

    Max 737 needed this type of experience, slow to panic. Congratulations to Captain Kevin.

  • @aljaklapsicmonroe
    @aljaklapsicmonroe Před 11 hodinami

    Like Tila Tequila 🎉❤😊😊😂😂😂😂

  • @englishinoz4467
    @englishinoz4467 Před 12 hodinami

    Why did only Renee get 20 years ?

  • @ryanpeterson7966
    @ryanpeterson7966 Před 12 hodinami

    Its interesting that even now with all thats happened, conviction, marriage, kids, that both can't agree that the relationship at the beginning was wrong but feelings were there and that's it.

  • @Jazzaconda
    @Jazzaconda Před 12 hodinami

    I Thought Flat Earther's were insane! Oh, wait a minute!

  • @jeanetteyuile2851
    @jeanetteyuile2851 Před 12 hodinami

    Anne is my favourite on the chase, ❤❤❤

  • @shirleyellis9708
    @shirleyellis9708 Před 13 hodinami

    We all love Ann.❤❤

  • @cesarmartinez1258
    @cesarmartinez1258 Před 13 hodinami

    She was wacky!!

  • @skscotch
    @skscotch Před 14 hodinami

    I don’t need to know how anti gravity works, I’d just love to see the ships/spacecraft they have and to know it’s all true. Just imagine the governments round the world released video footage and pictures to show us, would be a dream come true.

  • @Transwarrior13
    @Transwarrior13 Před 14 hodinami

    Love this woman she rocks

  • @janegallagher6162
    @janegallagher6162 Před 14 hodinami

    I worked with two students with this condition, not easy at all. At the residence locks had to be put on the fridge. It is a constant urge to eat. One dayI was teaching the students how to make scones and the PWS students had eaten the raw dough in seconds. So sad.

  • @mikemichael445
    @mikemichael445 Před 15 hodinami

    I wouldn't go to Mexico to use the bathroom, let alone plastic surgery. How about we look at this from the other end. Maybe we'd have fewer charlatans and criminals in the profession were prices reasonable. I mean, why DOES it cost so much to get plastic surgery?

  • @johnpaul9830
    @johnpaul9830 Před 16 hodinami

    My dad was such a Big Fan he drilled the Gibbs into our Upbringing and his music devotion became Trivia Books on Music