More than 20,000 Indians are scammed every day through such methods. New Delhi: A retired government employee one day received a WhatsApp video call from an unknown number, and ended up losing Rs 61,000 after accepting the call and falling prey to ‘sextortion’ — a cyber scam where unsuspecting men are approached by women, who […]
The “sextortion” racket was being run through a gay dating app (Representational) Kanpur: With the arrest of six men, the Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a “sextortion” racket being run through a gay dating app in Kanpur, officials said. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Lakhan Singh Yadav said the accused […]
The minister received a call threatening to release his video clip on social media. (representational) New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested two men from Rajasthan for allegedly making a sextortion call to a Union Minister, an officer said on Wednesday. According to police, the minister had in June received a video call on WhatsApp and […]