Scared that the woman might continue to demand more money in future, the man later approached the police
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A 40-year-old man found himself in a fix recently when he indulged in an intimate act over video call with a stranger and the woman clandestinely recorded the act and then blackmailed him to extort money.
She threatened to upload the video on social media if he did not shell out Rs 31,500.
As per a report in The Times of India, the man, who works for a private company, received a ‘friend request’ from a woman. He accepted it and they got chatting on the social media platform, said Agripada police. After some time they exchanged phone numbers.
Recently the man received a video call in which he could see the woman naked, although her face was not visible, said a police officer. On being lured by the woman, the man stripped and indulged in a virtual sex act. Soon after, the woman told him she had recorded the entire act and threatened to upload it online unless he paid up. She warned him that she would share the same with all his contacts on social media if he refused to pay Rs 31,500, said the police.
The man told her that he did not have that much money. “The woman quickly lowered the demand to Rs 20,000. But he said he would not be able to pay that much too,” said the police officer.
“The man then told her that he had only Rs 1,500. She agreed to settle for the amount and shared an account number to which the man was told to transfer the money,” added the officer.
This exchange happened within 30 minutes after their call, said the police. Realising that he had been lured into a trap, and scared that the woman might continue to demand more money in future, the man later approached the police. Officials of Agripada police station are probing the case. They are getting details of the account number which the woman had provided and technical data.
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