What are the Different Types of Blackmail?

Though blackmail can happen in a range of very different circumstances, in most cases it can be classified into three broad types: extortion, coercion, and commercial pressure. Extortion usually involves some sort of monetary transaction in exchange for keeping certain information private. Coercion, on the other hand, usually deals with actions: someone can convince another to do some activity, usually a crime, in order to prevent the spread of something like a story or photo. Commercial pressure involves business decisions. This can take various forms, but usually requires steep payouts in exchange for silence on certain topics like investment fraud or other violations of corporate law or ethics. All types are illegal in most places, but proving that they are happening can be very difficult. Prosecution can also be a hard choice for many victims since court action usually means that whatever secret or private information is at the heart of the issue will be made public.

Basics of the Practice

The term "blackmail" is usually used for situations where one person or group of people discovers information that someone else doesn't want exposed, then uses the threat of exposing that information to profit in some way. Depending on how incendiary or important the information is, people are often willing to go to great lengths to keep it quiet. Extramarital affairs are one common example; in some places, allegations of homosexuality can also be valuable material. Almost anything can qualify, though, as long as the person or people involved are motivated to keep whatever it is from being known.

Extortion

Extortion happens when the person with the secret information contacts the target and demands money in exchange for silence. In most cases this comes in the form of a direct threat, and the privileged person usually produces evidence like photos, hotel receipts, or email exchanges as well as some idea of how it will be used if the demands aren't met. He or she could threaten to send the information to a spouse or boss, for instance, or could say that it will be published online. People who are famous or otherwise well known might also be threatened with media exposure. It's not uncommon for this sort of extortion to go on for years at great cost, though a lot of this depends on how inflammatory the information is and how badly the target wants to keep it quiet.

Coercion

Blackmailing by coercion doesn't usually involve money, at least not directly. In these instances, the target is usually told to commit some sort of action or behave in some specific way to avoid being exposed. Extreme examples involve the commission of crimes; targets are sometimes coerced to do things like rob stores, murder people, or launder money through their companies to avoid having their secrets told. It could also involve something simpler, like performing favors or tasks for the person with the information for no compensation other than the promise of silence. The key in these cases is usually that the target feels forced to do something he wouldn't otherwise do or doesn't want to do.

Commercial Pressure

In the business realm, initiators usually have information that could be really damaging to a company or brand's public image. A company that does something like illegally dump toxic waste might be a good target; so might a business that has engaged in questionable investing practices or that has lied on financial reports. Most corporate pressure cases involve extortion, where the instigator threatens to reveal the information unless he or she is paid. Threats in these situations usually involve media leaks or talks with major competitors. Coercion can come in too, however, particularly if the initiator could benefit. If he or she is an employee, for instance, he or she could demand a promotion, a pay raise, or other improved benefits in exchange for keeping the secret; if he or she is a competitor, the demands might involve reducing productivity for certain items or allowing the competitor to take the lead in certain arenas.
Corporate cases are usually considered their own separate class because, in most cases, information that is bad enough to tempt a company to conceal it is usually bad enough that it could harm investors, the public, or both. From this perspective, both the initiator and the company could be in the wrong by trying to keep the information quiet, which only serves to compound the problem.

Even possessing info like this can be a federal crime, I'm sure he has to be pretty careful about its release, he mind just be the only person in the world with the guts to do it.

Is Blackmail fake?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8901193/National-security-nightmare-Hunter-Bidens-laptop.html

TurkeyBaconLeg said:

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Is Blackmail fake?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8901193/National-security-nightmare-Hunter-Bidens-laptop.html

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Hunter2?

Blackmail 101

List of potential blackmail targets:

Local Mayors, police, council members, district attorneys, judges and clerical staffs

State governors, elected state level offices (State Senators and Legislators), AG, SOS, Lt Gov, State Police, Judges and clerical support staffs

Federal - US Congressmen, US Senators, full time gov. employees in all branches, federal judges, clerks, members of DOJ, FBI, CIA others...Presidential candidates, US Presidents, US VPs, Cabinet members...DOD, Members of the Military, Generals, Staff officers...

CEOs of major media networks and print media, staff, journalists, editors

CEOs of major corporations: Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon...

The ultra rich

Hollywood

Members of the Federal Reserve and banking system

High level members of the Church and the Pope

Democrats and Republicans

Other countries and their leaders

The British Monarchy and others

Dictators, warlords, terror organizations...

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Is this impossible? How would you know?

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Are these fake stories?

Jeffrey Epstein

Hunter Biden's Laptop

Operation Mockingbird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

MK Ultra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra

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When you blue star your own posts, is it safe to assume the content is conspiratorial garbage?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-combating-human-trafficking-online-child-exploitation-united-states/

BMX Bandit said:

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The mist unnerving part is that Wood has all this information but Trump does not.

If Trump does not ask for the encryption key it must mean that he is part of The Cabal protecting the Lizard Squad.

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fc2112 said:

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BMX Bandit said:

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The mist unnerving part is that Wood has all this information but Trump does not.

If Trump does not ask for the encryption key it must mean that he is part of The Cabal protecting the Lizard Squad.

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Wood says Trump does not have this information and that he will give it to Trump is he asks for it.

So if Trump doesn't ask for it, what does that tell us?

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TurkeyBaconLeg said:

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Panama Red said:

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The Qarbage Barge has sprung a leak.

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So blackmail and sex trafficking and pedophilia is garbage? It doesn't exist? What a wonderful unicorn world you must live in...

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Nice try.

Blackmail, sex trafficking and pedophilia all exist. Its a shame that people make light of those things by believing Lin Wood has a secret file made by the Lizard People that he needs to get to the President.

This would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic and dangerous.

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Epstein was fake and so was Hunter Bidens Laptop. Right?

It honestly sounds pretty crazy.

Nonetheless, perhaps we should all let this play out.

TurkeyBaconLeg said:

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Panama Red said:

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TurkeyBaconLeg said:

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Panama Red said:

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The Qarbage Barge has sprung a leak.

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So blackmail and sex trafficking and pedophilia is garbage? It doesn't exist? What a wonderful unicorn world you must live in...

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Nice try.

Blackmail, sex trafficking and pedophilia all exist. Its a shame that people make light of those things by believing Lin Wood has a secret file made by the Lizard People that he needs to get to the President.

This would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic and dangerous.

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Epstein was fake and so was Hunter Bidens Laptop. Right?

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Epstein: real.

Hunter Biden laptop: real.

Lin Wood secret stash of evidence that even the president doesn't know about: fake.

Any other strawmen to knock down?

You know this, but he didn't say Lizard People. He mentioned a known hacker organization known as Lizard Squad. But acknowledging that doesn't serve as well to portray him as a nut.