Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Beware of the sextortion fraud, the crime branch cyber cell received 62 complaints this year in which cyber crooks targeted men for sextortion and duped them of Rs 28 lakh.
The crime branch has frozen more than Rs 10 lakh and the process of refunding the amount is underway.
The applicants who were cheated come from different professions including trader, doctor and retired government officer. The modus operandi of this cybercrime is that the cyber crooks first make a video call to men on any messaging application.
No sooner does he accept the video call, he spots a woman undressing herself. By the time he ponders over what is going on, the crook captures his face via screen recording and later merges it with the video of the woman undressing herself. The edited video is then sent to the man and the crooks posing as police officers demand money from him.
Keep in mind:
* Do not talk or send friend requests to strangers without verifying their identity.
* Never accept unknown friend requests on social media accounts.
* Don’t pick up any unknown video calls
* In case of any kind of online fraud, immediately complain to the nearest police station, call NCRP portal/1930 or inform Indore Police on cyber helpline number 7049124445.
