Beware of 'online sextortion'!
Online sextortion occurs when a fraudster threatens to spread (viral) your personal sensitive information or content online. Also, if you don't fulfill his demands or pay, he may even threaten to release your private photos to the public or relatives. Sextortion is a form of online crime. In which cybercriminals use instant messaging apps. Using various channels like SMS, online dating apps, social media platforms, porn sites, etc., they lure users into video audio chats and then trick them into getting nude or semi-nude pictures from them. Fraudsters later use this content to harass victims. Also used to embarrass, threaten, exploit and blackmail.
This is how cybercriminals trap for sextortion👇
☢️Frequent spam messages and video calls from unknown numbers
☢️Frequent requests or pressure for personal video chats, photos.
☢️Leading or redirecting the conversation to salacious topics,
☢️An attempt is made to cultivate intimacy by giving some kind of greed or temptation.
☢️Getting frequent friend requests from strangers on your social media platform.
Factors leading to sextortion.
👉Fraudster records videos, takes screenshots. Takes pictures. Uses images and sends morphs. The fraudster starts blackmailing the victim and leads to sextortion.
👉People who surf porn sites can become victims of sextortion. While on porn sites their chat video calls are used by fraudsters for blackmailing.
These platforms or apps are used to engage in sexting.
☢️Messaging applications
☢️Dating apps
☢️Social media platforms
☢️Porn sites etc...
The situation of a sextortion victim.
🔸Constant fear, panic, anxiety or depression.
🔸Isolates oneself and becomes very reactive and emotional.
🔸Feeling desperate and embarrassed.
🔸Suicidal and self-harming thoughts.
Safety tips to protect yourself from online rocktortion.
🎭Never share your private or personal pictures, posts, videos with anyone, no matter who they are Remember that the internet never forgets or forgives. If you've shared something once, it'll be around the net forever in one form or another.
🎭Never accept friendships from strangers on social media and strengthen privacy and security on your social media accounts and instant messaging applications.
🎭Turn off your electronic devices and web cameras when you are not using them.
🎭Use strong passwords and different passwords for your different social media accounts.
🎭During an online interaction or chat, if the other person is trying to rush something or develop intimacy. So you need to be careful.
🎭Never allow anyone in close proximity to capture any private part or intimate activity with the device. Such data may be misused at a later stage.
🎭Don't open video calls or attachments from people you don't know.
🎭Complain against sextortion online or at your nearest cyber crime cell. Remember that you can file an online complaint against such crime at the national cyber crime reporting portal cybercrime.gov.in. Don't hesitate to file a complaint or contact the police because of shame, shyness and self-blame.
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