Pune: A shopkeeper from Mundhwa was forced to transfer RS 18,000 in May after cyber fraudsters trapped him in the trick of “nude video calls” and threatened to make social viral calls on social media.
Police Cyber Pune registered the case on Sunday after the initial verification of the complaint.
It revealed a series of series of fraudsters who operated from Rajasthan, said a cyber police officer.
From January, cyber police have received 275 complaints like that.
Two suspects, whose involvement had been established at 150 of these complaints, is currently nesting in prison in Rajasthan for similar crimes there.
In the latter case, the police are collecting information related to the IP address from which the victim receives video calls.
They also set footprints using UPI application details.
The police said, “The complaintion stated that in January he had been friends with a woman on the social networking site after receiving a friend’s request.
They exchanged chat and telephone number.
In May, the shopkeeper received a video call from a female friend who posed in naked and asked him to be naked on the phone Switching Rs 18,000 to the suspect.
We have registered a case of extortion and conducting the provisions of the Information Technology Law.
“In general, men (suspects) make false and misleading profiles posing as women on social media sites.
Some men receive requests this and then the suspects began chatting with them at Site without expressing their identity.
The suspect uses the sound modulator software, which changes the sound of men for women or vice versa, “he said.
According to the police, the suspects share their cellphone numbers and continue to chat in internet-based cellular text messaging services.” The ‘Women’ promised to post nude images for Men after claiming their love.
The suspects then played videos downloaded online for the victims and asked the last to pose naked.
As soon as a victim made a video call posing naked, the suspects used screen video recording software to record calls and began to emit threats.
“Pandit said,” The suspects generally demanded Rs 15,000-25,000, but in some cases, the number around Rs 50,000.
All victims are in the bracket aged 22 to 55 years.
Of the total 275 cases, around 150 were solved after we identified the two men.
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Pune: Mundhwa shopkeepers fall for traps ‘nude video calls’
