Is this a scam on kik? Please help

Please help. Was talking to a female on kik. I'm a male 20 years old and didn't ask the female what her age was. I always do but forgot to this one time. I ended up sending $35 through PayPal for a cam show. Ended up refunding me cuz the money was in a pending mode and she was asking me to resend it. All of a sudden "She" messages me saying this. " Hello (My full name).
This is Officer Collins from LAPD,
You've been tracked for the past few weeks.
You've been suspended for buying sexual harassing pictures of underaged females, there is a strong law about believing in online profiles and trusting them.
I will send this case right now to section against phedophilia and they will continue the investigate from there.
You can be charged up to 14 years for this kind of offending.
Money you've sent will be donated to organizations against phedophilia worldwide.
Anything you have to say sir?" My heart dropped. He or she was saying they tracked my IP address and they were going to transfer the case to my local PD. After going back and forth telling them I made a mistake, I asked if there was a way I could clear this up. And he or she said "if you want this case solved with a warning you would have to donate to the community, Send 200$ to the same email as before". They said the case would be dropped and my IP address would be monitored for 180 days. They said the money would be going to "organizations against phedophilia worldwide". Also said I would need to send a hand written confirmation with my full name promising I wouldnt do it again and that I understood what had happened. Is this a scam?

It is a blackmail scam. Please read the first post on this thread about Sextortion scams:

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=116974

Do not send any money. Cease all communication with them.

Are u 100% sure it's a scam? I wasn't offered the $200 deal until I asked if there was a way to resolve it. They just kept saying I was going to jail and that I made big mistake. Telling me if I ignored them it would get worse blah blah blah. They mentioned nothing about money until I asked if there was a way to resolve it.

I'm 100% sure it's a scam - read the topic I posted above. Real police operations do not work that way. Seriously - would the police accept a payment in order to make it all go away? Absolutely not. This is a common scam, they will drain you of every dime.

real cops do not have a choice of either "pay money" or "get charged with a crime", period. Only scammers and Law enforcement agencies that are used to bribery do that. The LAPD while they may be famous for beating and shooting people that don't deserve it, do not have blackmail on their list of accomplishments. Only scammers do that.

Yes, we are sure it is a scam. Follow Tim's advice to the tee. Stop all contact with them.

100% a scam.

Real law enforcement would not entrap themselves with with that message they sent.


Read the link Tim Atem provided earlier.

There are also seen cases where a scammer pretends to an online agent looking for pedophiles. This scam is using the same payment methods mentioned above. The Scammer will tell you that if you pay them they will not report it.

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