u/Guilty-Mail1501

I know the best thing you can do is block the scammer and not pay, but it’s too late for me now. I’ve seen many posts saying that you’re more likely to get leaked after you’ve paid, but this doesn’t really make sense to me.
Why would they be more willing to leak my photos after I’ve already paid them a significant amount of money and they’ve said, “We’re done”? I understand that paying shows them that they might be able to get even more money from you, but wouldn’t that actually make leaking you less likely? If they leak the photos, they lose their leverage over you and therefore their ability to demand more money.
I keep seeing people say that paying makes it more likely that you’ll get leaked, but I never see anyone explain why. Can someone explain the reasoning behind this?

So, my sextortion happened about a month ago, and I was dumb enough to pay my scammer three different times. After the third payment, he said, “We are done,” and blocked me.
I deactivated all of my social media accounts because I was pretty sure he wasn’t actually done with me and would probably come back later to try to get more money.
Now it’s been over a month, and I’ve reactivated my social media accounts with different usernames. I haven’t heard anything from him so far.
Do you guys think I’m off the hook?