SRINAGAR: The Cyber Police Kashmir has advised people to remain cautious on social media platforms and avoid accepting random friend requests and video calls on Facebook and WhatsApp.
The Cyber Police Kashmir tweeted that following some incidents of sextortion in Kashmir that social media users should be aware of accepting random friend requests or chatting with unknown WhatsApp users. “Accepting random friend requests, video calls on Facebook or WhatsApp from strangers can land you in trouble. Blackmailers have devised a modus operandi to befriend people online and later get their photos/videos through video call and morph these photos/videos on pornographic photos or videos then blackmail the victim and demand huge amounts of money,” it said in a tweet. These blackmailers, it said, lure people by attractive photos in their Facebook and Whatsapp profile. “They engage the victim in a video call, during the call the victim is shown a pornographic clip and video is recorded or screenshots are taken simultaneously to blackmail the victim subsequently,” it added.
