Woman cyber fraudster extorts Rs 20k from engg. student
Hyderabad: A 22-year-old engineering student fell prey to a cyber extortion gang and lost Rs 20,000, trapped through social media and blackmailed.
The victim who went into deep shock due to the harassment, was counselled by Pocharam IT Corridor police.
In his complaint, the victim said he got into a friendship with a girl through Instagram a few months back. On November 21, late at night, he received messages from a woman who made a WhatsApp video call showing nude videos of a girl and instigated him. The fraudsters recorded the victim's nude videos using another mobile, threatened him to post them on Instagram and demanded Rs 20,000, which the victim paid instantly, Pocharam IT Corridor inspector B. Raju.
When the gang demanded more money, with the threat that they would spread the pictures to his parents and relatives, the victim went to the police. Police have registered a case and collected the IP server number of the callers. It is suspected that the gang belongs to Rajasthan, sources said.