Singaporean men in naked web cam extortion scam
Pants down with bulging wallets out
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Singaporean police have warned men in the city state of a five-fold increase in extortion cases in which they are coaxed into a state of undress, secretly filmed and then asked to hand over cash to prevent release of the resulting video.
Cops in the island nation said the number of such incidents has shot up from 11 in 2011 to over 50 last year.
Typically, the women involved contact their victims by sending messages on popular social networking sites, before persuading them to turn things up a notch with a web cam chat.
The extortionists then strip off, encouraging their gullible victims to do the same.
The secretly-filmed clip is then used as blackmail, sometimes uploaded to YouTube and shared with the victim in order to force payment, according to the Straits Times.
The women working the scam are unlikely to be caught, given that most apparently operate out of countries elsewhere in Asia. However, a 22-year old Singapore man was not so lucky after being nabbed by local cops last year for organising a similar cyber scam with his girlfriend.
After blackmailing a student to the tune of $97,000 over a period of nine months, they were eventually busted after their victim cracked and went to the police.
The man was sentenced to five years in prison and five strokes of the cane, Straits Times said.
Police issued a several pieces of blatantly obvious advice for lascivious males in the region including a warning not to perform “compromising acts in front of the webcam or give personal details about yourself when interacting with other internet users”. ®
COMMENTS
@El_Fev
"... what our fecking results rocket!"
It should be "watch our..." Your use of vulgarity is also noted. Report to the Deputy Head at break.
You may not care, but others might.
Might not go down well at your grandmother's bible study group, for example. How about that prospective employer whose a stickler for respectability? Perhaps a prospective wife may not be able to trust somebody who would do such a thing? How about if one of the kids in the class or soccer team you teach got hold of it - do you think the parents would like that?
Just because in your particular position in your particular culture it wouldn't be a problem doesn't mean somebody else is a prude because they see it as a problem.
"five strokes of the cane"
Pwoooooaaarrr!
Is that pay per view as well?
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