Pennsylvania father helps FBI track down the scammers who led his son to suicide

The father of young Pennsylvania man who died by suicide after becoming the victim of a sextortion attempt helped lead the FBI to Nigerian suspects charged in the case.

That's one of the many threatening messages a Nigerian scammer sent to a young Pennsylvania man identified only as J.S. in court documents. "Over the course of the communications, [Antonia] Diaz sent ADEWALE a copy of her New York State Identification, U.S. Passport, and Social Security card." "Once you send the money, then [the scammers] know that they have you, and it will not ever stop." Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.

The scammer — who posed as a woman on Instagram, Google and Snapchat — contacted the young man and established a relationship him online. 

They exchanged nude photos online, and then the scammer turned on J.S., demanding a blackmail payment of $1,000 from the victim to keep the photos private. The scammer, still posing as a woman, threatened to expose J.S.'s intimate photos if he did not front the money, and J.S. took his own life shortly after the blackmailing began.