Cyber ​​police advised to be cautious after monitoring online extortion gangs in Bengaluru

The Bangalore City Police’s cyber crime department has urged people to be cautious while sharing intimate content online to people who make friends on social media. Umesh Kumar, ADGP, ADGP, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said, “Citizens are requested to take utmost care when dealing with any stranger on social media and use it to use privacy controls in mobile devices. Practice. “

. Describing the modus operandi in a case involving the arrest of a gang of four recently, senior CID officials said that the fraudsters targeted the general public on social media accounts to collect their personal information. Make.

“Such traitors send requests on social media to men to pretend to be women. Later, He urged the men to come on video calls and share private / intimate photos and videos, which would later be used to blackmail and extort money, ”said a CID official. The Cybercrime police identified the four, who were arrested from Bharatpur and other places in Rajasthan, Sahun, Sharukh Khan, Nasir and Shahid Anwar said they were involved in other similar cases.

On February 24, an arrest was made in connection with a case registered at the Cybercrime Police Station in Bangalore. CID issued a public appeal saying, “Dating apps, social media sites, matrimonial websites / apps usually have fake profiles with attractive photos.”

Used by criminals to get in contact with victims. Initially, the conversation will be normal for a few days and once confidence is established, The victim will be motivated to share her intimate / nude pictures and videos with him. Upon gaining access to these private pictures and / or videos, fraudsters will start extorting the victim for money

. The fraudster will threaten to upload their photos / videos to the Internet or share them with their relatives, family and friends. “PS Sandhu, DGP (CID, Economic Offenses and Special Units) said,” I urge the public to report such cases to the nearest police station. ” The Karnataka High Court recently directed the state government to investigate further cases filed by CEN (Cyber ​​Crime, Economic and Narcotics) police stations in Bengaluru and file a chargesheet. The order of the Division Bench was heard after hearing a PIL, Which noted the poor functioning of eight CEN stations in the state capital. .