Form - Victim Reporting Form

Mandatory Privacy Policy

The collection of information on this form is authorized by one or more of the following statutes: 18 U.S.C. § 1028 (false documents and identity theft); 1028A (aggravated identity theft); 18 U.S.C. § 1029 (credit card fraud); 18 U.S.C. § 1030 (computer fraud); 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (wire fraud); 18 U.S.C 2318B (counterfeit and illicit labels); 18 U.S.C. § 2319 (violation of intellectual property rights); 18 U.S.C. § 1461(mailing obscene or crime-inciting matter); 18 U.S.C. § 1465 (production and transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution); 18 U.S.C. § 2314 (transportation of stolen goods, securities, moneys, fraudulent State tax stamps, or articles used in counterfeiting); 18 U.S.C. § 2251 (sexual exploitation of children); 18 U.S.C. § 2252 (certain activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors); 18 U.S.C. § 2252A (certain activities relating to material constituting or containing child pornography); 18 U.S.C. § 2260 (production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States); 28 U.S.C. § 533 (FBI authorized to investigate violations of federal law for which it has primary investigative jurisdiction); and 28 U.S.C. § 534 (FBI authorized to collect and maintain identification, criminal information, crime, and other records).

The collection of this information is relevant and necessary to document and investigate reports of cyber-enabled crime. Submission of the information requested is voluntary; however, your failure to supply requested information may impede or preclude the investigation of your complaint.

The information collected is maintained in one or more of the following Privacy Act Systems of Records:

FBI Central Records System, JUSTICE/FBI-002, notice of which was last published, in full, in the Federal Register at 63 Fed. Reg. 8671 (Feb. 20, 1998), amended by 66 Fed. Reg. 8425 (Jan. 31, 2001), 66 Fed. Reg. 17200 (Mar. 29, 2001), 82 Fed. Reg. 24147 (May 25, 2017), and 91 Fed. Reg. 27085 (May 13, 2026);
FBI Data Warehouse System, JUSTICE/FBI-022, notice of which was last published, in full, in the Federal Register at 77 Fed. Reg. 40631 (July 10, 2012), amended by 82 Fed. Reg. 24151, 157 (May 25, 2017), and 91 Fed. Reg. 27085 (May 13, 2026).

The information collected may be disclosed in accordance with the Routine Uses referenced in the System of Records Notices, hyperlinked above, or as otherwise permitted by law.

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The FBI is seeking information from victims whose explicit images or videos were obtained and/or shared without their permission from their social media or other personal accounts and posted online. The information received will help the FBI to better understand the scope of the victimization, how to assist those identified, and tactics the sexual exploitation actors are using to target victims.

A red asterisk (*) indicates a required field.

If your sexually explicit images and/or videos were posted online without your permission, pleae provide the following information:

Full Name

Your Current Address

Address

Address (cont.)

City

Country

State

Zip/Mail Code

Your Address at the Time Your Content Was Stolen

Address

Address (cont.)

City

Country

State

Zip/Mail Code

Age Range

Are you under the age of 18?

YesNo

Phone Number

Email Address

Were any of the images or videos from when you were a minor (under 18)?

YesNo

Please provide the name(s) of the website(s) and link(s), if available, where your content was posted

How were these images obtained?

Stolen from social media or cloud storage account

Sent directly to someone Voluntarily, including a scam or catfish

Sent directly to someone Involuntarily, including extortion or blackmail

Other

*Please specify

If your images were stolen from your social media or cloud storage account, please provide:

The social media or cloud storage platform(s) that contained your images

Your username or registered email/phone number associated with the accounts

Approximately when your images were accessed or taken without your permission

Any unusual activity with your social media accounts or devices around the time your content was accessed and/or stolen (e.g., unrecognized logins, phishing emails/messages, unexplainable account lockouts, contact from individuals claiming to be from social media services, etc.)

Any known identifiers associated with the person who accessed your social media or cloud storage account (e.g., usernames, phone numbers, email addresses, etc.)

Any action, if any, you took after discovering the breach (reporting, contacting authorities)

If your content was posted online without your permission, have you since been subjected to further harassment, extortion, stalking, or other acts by phone, email, text, social media, or in person? If so, explain.