In Hyderabad, a young music director registered a case with the Cyber Police, after he was blackmailed.
On the 23rd of April, in his complaint, the music director said he got a nude video call from the woman, with whom he became friends on Facebook. However, after a while, strangers threatened and extorted money from him using morphed videos.
According to the police, the victim, a resident of Krishna Nagar in Jubilee Hills, The victim, who became friends with the stranger, received a nude video call on his WhatsApp number from an unidentified woman. From then on, the musician was being harassed and threatened using his morphed videos with the fraudsters extorting money from him.
Based on a complaint, the Jubilee Hills police have booked a case and are investigating.
Youngsters are extorted using morphed videos. It is to be noted that this is not the first of its kind incident reported.
In a similar incident, a youngster lodged a complaint with the SR Nagar police alleging that unidentified persons used his morphed videos and extorted money. The 29-year-old complainant from Yellareddyguda received a video call from an unknown number on WhatsApp on Tuesday and he answered it. The call continued for a few minutes and got disconnected.
Sometime later, he received an obscene video allegedly with his morphed face with a demand to give money, failing which the video would be shared to his family and friends.
Fearing consequences, he transferred nearly Rs.50,000 online to a mobile number. As the demand continued, he approached the police. This case is also under investigation.
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