Ahmedabad: Online honey trap racquet is dubbed the Sextital Scam where men are arrested in videos with women captivating them with online nudity or sex recently received a former minister on the web.
Cyber ​​crime officers warn that the sext of the sext of social media has been rampant with men as young as 12 and as old as 80 stuck.
The former minister, an experienced politician, fell to prey on such a fraud when he received a friend request on October 2020 from a young woman who identified himself as a 30-year-old professional who worked in Delhi-Gurgaon, a police source said close to development.
During a period of time, two telephone numbers were exchanged and started exchanging friendly chats.
In March this year, the woman called the former minister and asked him whether he was alone.
“Because he was told he was alone and at home, the woman said the surprise was waiting for him and cut off.
He then made a video call where he was naked on the camera,” said a police officer.
As soon as the three-minute call ended, the former minister got a video that arrested the naked woman and former minister in the chat window below and demanded Rs 2.5 lakh or her ‘mistake’ would be published.
The former minister uses its influence in the police department.
Senior police officials came to save him and the Black-Mailers account was disabled and the perpetrators sent a message to avoid clear.
Not all have an influence on overcoming such sextome and eventually falling prey to mental coercion to squeeze and pay large quantities.
The 80-year-old agricultural cooperative leader was quoted as a case targeted three times by extortion.
‘Social stigma stopped men from going to the police former minister to pay Rs 1.5-2 lakh several times before receiving police assistance, “said a police officer.
Police said the racket had raced, especially after Covid-19 pandemics and they received eight to ten complaints On average per day.
“People of all ages and in all cross-economic parts are being targeted.
The youngest prey is a 12-year-old boy and the oldest 80-year-old man, “police said.
The police said that when the video was obscene made the victims vulnerable to social stigma and ridicule, many men pay the police instead of looking for police rather than looking for police help.
“Most come to us when extortion continues and they cannot pay further.
The majority still did not want to file a formal complaint, “police said.
The police suggested that instead of suffering in silence, the victims were recommended to seek support from their families and fight the screening of 100.