He later received some screenshots as well a video recorded from the person who called him. Surprised as well as confused, he immediately disconnected the call. "If denied, they threaten to share your porn-watching video in your social media circles and the mental harassment begins afterwards," independent cyber security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia told IANS.Ī Delhi-NCR based journalist faced the same situation this month when he received a WhatsApp video call and saw a nude girl. Cybercriminals run recorded porn videos, and then send your recording back to you, asking for money which could be anywhere from Rs 10,000 to over a few lakh. In the pandemic, there has been a surge in such activities. In October, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police claimed to have arrested the mastermind of an interstate sextortion gang from Rajasthan`s Bharatpur.Īccording to police, the gang led by Nasir (25) has been indulging in extorting money from reputed persons after blackmailing them with their obscene pictures and videos.Īt least 36 gangs have been busted and 600 accused arrested by Alwar police in the `sextortion` case. Further, Bhiwadi, Tijara, Kishangarh Bas, Ramgarh, Laxmangarh in Alwar and Nagar, Pahadi and Govindgarh in Bharatpur also are the main areas where these cyber thugs are operating from.
The gangs operate in the Mewat region of Haryana. Such anonymous video calls on WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are growing in India and the relevant authorities are unable to stop such activities.Īccording to cyber experts, in a reminiscence of Jamtara-type mobile frauds, the notorious gangs of Mewat region have resurfaced, extorting money from people by blackmailing them with such WhatsApp video callings. Nothing happened after that night to date but I`m still worried," he said. "I was nervous and deactivated my Facebook account. After an hour, the professor got an audio call where another man asked him to pay Rs 20,000 via a digital payment app within five minutes, else he would post these screenshots on Facebook for his friends and family community to see. Starting to panic, he immediately blocked the user. However, before I could figure out what exactly happened, I received a few screenshots of my video call on Messenger," a shaken professor told IANS on the condition of anonymity.
When I received the call, I saw a nude girl on the other end. when I received a call from an unknown person on Facebook Messenger.
Before he could disconnect the call, cyber criminals made a quick video of the professor watching the porn clip, and the harassment began. To his horror, a nude girl appeared on the other side. A 35-year-old professor from the University of Delhi recently received a video call on Facebook Messenger from an anonymous number.