Modus Operandi
- The fraudsters try to lure the users into sharing intimate content in different ways
- posting messages for video/audio chat
- using fake accounts/profiles
- creating pages/ad campaigns
- The users get victimized when they
- pay for the such services and pose nude or in compromising position in video calls
- accepts or sends friend requests to the fake account/profile and involves in intimate interaction posing nude in video chats, sends revealing pictures etc.,
- The fraudster records video/ takes screenshot/ takes pictures/makes use of revealing pictures/morphs the pictures sent
- The fraudster starts blackmailing the victim leading to sextortion.
The users of porn sites may also fall prey sextortion, when their chats/video calls on the porn sites are used for blackmailing by fraudsters.