A 23-year-old young man working as a manager in a real estate company in Powai has fallen victim to a dating app and video call fraud. Between April 4 and 6 he contacted a girl named Divya on a dating app, the scammers made a nude video of him during the video call and threatened him to pay Rs 20,000.
The young man’s private video was sent to his brother, friend and a person in his contact list. A case was registered at the Powai police station on Friday after scammers demanded Rs 20,000 from him to prevent the video from being circulated. As soon as victim paid the money, they demanded Rs 30,000 more from him.
According to the complaint filed at the Powai police station, the complainant had downloaded a dating app. On April 4, while the young man was at his house in Santacruz, he received a connection request from a young woman named ‘Divya’, with a message saying, ‘looking for new friendship’ on the dating app. He accepted her request.
The two then started talking on WhatsApp. ‘On April 6, when I was in my office, I received a video call from Divya, at that time she was nude. After a few seconds, she hung up the phone, and messaged me and asked me to do the same,’ the complainant told the Powai police in his statement.
“The young man went to a washroom in the office. During the video call between the two, a private video of the complainant was recorded and sent to him. After some time, a person called from Divya’s number and demanded Rs 20,000 from him to not make the video viral,” the Powai police said.
After the victim gave them the demanded amount through UPI, another Rs 30,000 was demanded from scammers, threatening to send the video to all his contact numbers.
The young man’s private video was sent to his brother, a friend and a person in his contact list.
Finally, on the advice of a friend, the victim reported the incident to the Powai police station on April 18th. Police are now investigating the case, tracking the profile and contact numbers used by the scammers, as well as the bank account where the initial payment was sent.
“We are getting information about the profile and contact numbers used to scam. We have also sought information about the account in which the amount of Rs 20,000 was sent,” said a cyber-officer.
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