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KOLKATA: Cops have warned netizens of sharing their personal and intimate photographs with others as these may be used for extortion in the future. The Bengal police tweeted this weekend: “Never share your nudity with anybody. He/she may be the nearest and dearest one because there is a high chance that the same will be used to extort you in future.”
Cops also shared a video, saying that “sextortion” has been rampant across the state, especially in Kolkata. They said that the number of such complaints has almost tripled during the pandemic, despite multiple arrests being made from Haryana and Rajasthan.
In the four-minute video, the DSP, Bidit Mondal, said that awareness about this new form of extortion is necessary these days. “Even if you consider the person, with whom you are sharing the personal pictures, to be close to you, the fact remains that you have never met him/her in person or learned about him/her personally. Once you fall in the trap, the accused will blackmail you to extort money from you,” said Mondal.
“The accused record the chats and then superimpose the face of the victim with vulgar videos to claim that the victim is involved in obscene acts. It is dangerous to pay up the money, hoping that the accused will stop the extortion. Once you pay, the accused will keep demanding more money. In all such cases, the victim must approach the police and lodge a complaint with cops,” said Mondal in the 14th episode of the weekly cyber crime awareness drive undertaken by the police.
Cops suspect that the members of Bharatpur (Mewati) gangs or their offshoots in the city are still indulging in such crimes. Recently, there have been four FIRs in this regard. Earlier this year, a 61-year-old paediatric endocrinologist, attached with several hospitals of the city, became a victim of cyber fraud after he offered to treat a patient, who wanted to consult him through a video call. Cops arrested two persons from Rajasthan.
Cops also shared a video, saying that “sextortion” has been rampant across the state, especially in Kolkata. They said that the number of such complaints has almost tripled during the pandemic, despite multiple arrests being made from Haryana and Rajasthan.
In the four-minute video, the DSP, Bidit Mondal, said that awareness about this new form of extortion is necessary these days. “Even if you consider the person, with whom you are sharing the personal pictures, to be close to you, the fact remains that you have never met him/her in person or learned about him/her personally. Once you fall in the trap, the accused will blackmail you to extort money from you,” said Mondal.
“The accused record the chats and then superimpose the face of the victim with vulgar videos to claim that the victim is involved in obscene acts. It is dangerous to pay up the money, hoping that the accused will stop the extortion. Once you pay, the accused will keep demanding more money. In all such cases, the victim must approach the police and lodge a complaint with cops,” said Mondal in the 14th episode of the weekly cyber crime awareness drive undertaken by the police.
Cops suspect that the members of Bharatpur (Mewati) gangs or their offshoots in the city are still indulging in such crimes. Recently, there have been four FIRs in this regard. Earlier this year, a 61-year-old paediatric endocrinologist, attached with several hospitals of the city, became a victim of cyber fraud after he offered to treat a patient, who wanted to consult him through a video call. Cops arrested two persons from Rajasthan.
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