British Teen Daniel Perry commits suicide after Skype blackmail plot

A TEENAGER has committed suicide after falling victim to a Skype blackmail plot.

Daniel Perry, 17, thought he was talking to a girl his age online using the video-chat program, Deadline News reports.

But those at the other end of the call threatened to show his friends and family a recording of the conversation if he did not pay them.

A member of his family said the apprentice mechanic, of Dunfermline, Scotland, felt humiliated.

\"He has felt embarrassed, horrified and has thought he's let everyone down,\" the family member said.

\"We're a very close family and I just wished he had come to me and said something. I would have gone on the computer and told them to p-off.

\"I still can't believe this happened and expect him to walk in the door any minute.\"

Daniel had posted his Skype details on Twitter the day he died.

The scam reportedly operates by tricking young men into thinking they're talking to a girl, but really being recorded and then blackmailed for money in retu for not publishing the recording.

Scotland police are investigating the circumstances of the suicide.