Case Summary
Cybercriminals recorded compromising video interactions and then demanded immediate payment to stop the footage from being shared.
Year
2020
Fraud Amount
โน5 Crore
Category
Sextortion
Sources
2 linked
The attacker uses social media or random video calls to lure the target into a compromising interaction and quickly records the screen.
The extortion phase begins almost immediately, often with threats to send the footage to family, colleagues or social contacts.
This is one of the most psychologically coercive scam categories because shame becomes the primary payment mechanism.
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