Beware of super friendly woman on social media

Shimla. Be wary of that super friendly woman on social media you meet on Instagram, Tinder, Facebook. She may be a member of a gang that targets people across North India in sexually explicit situations and then demands money. So that they cannot be exposed on public platforms. In most of the cases of sextortion, most of the victims do not even contact the police and just pay the amount demanded from the criminals. In most cases, while a woman is often involved in explicit video calls, it is actually men who are behind the activity, although women are involved in some incidents. Such cases involve checking which pages the potential victim likes and then contacting him on social media. Once the connection is made, the push is for video chat.

At times, female gang members are participants, although in most cases men use software and applications to hide their identities during chat. After that he starts vulgar conversation. Even if the victims do not react in the same way, the screenshots are morphed to make it appear that they are part of the lewd acts. The accused start with a demand for a small amount, such as Rs 10,000 and increase it gradually. Cyber Cell Shimla has issued advisory regarding increasing cases of sextortion. DIG Cyber Crime Mohit Chawla said that there are more cases than those registered. Because complainants generally do not want to pursue the matter further. Cases are coming to light on social media of women or men contacting people for explicit video chats and then blackmailing them.