INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
HYDERABAD: Cyber fraudster blackmailed two men, including a 78-year-old, after they picked up a WhatsApp call from unknown number where a
The nude call was recorded and the men were threatened to pay or be shamed on social media
The two coughed up about 23 lakh before making a police complaint
The accused are yet to be caught.On Tuesday, the septuagenarian from Narayanguda approached the Hyderabad cyber crimes PS to complain that
he had been blackmailed into paying about 15 lakh to cyber fraudsters
video call was soon disconnected and the complainant received his own nude video clip
The unknown woman called him to pay money to not share the video on social media
The man started sending money to different bank accounts and some time later he received a fake call from a man claiming to be a Delhi-based
cyber crime inspector about a complaint lodged against him by a woman for obscene video chat
Fearing he will be arrested, the complainant contacted the fraudsters requesting them to withdraw the police complaint and ended up paying
15 lakh in a span of few days
As the accused continued to ask for more money, he finally approached the police.Earlier, on Monday, a 59-year-old insurance company
employee from Lalapet too approached cops and complained that he was forced to pay 8 lakh to fraudsters in a similar fraud
Cyber crime ACP KVM Prasad said that they have registered cases under IPC sections 384, 419, 420 and the IT Act.
