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POL-OG: Ortenaukreis – Another warning about “Sextortion”

Police headquarters in Offenburg

Offenburg (ots)

A young person from the northern district of Ortenau was the victim of so-called “sextortion” on Saturday evening. The victim was asked several times by an unknown person to transfer money. If he does not follow the instructions, intimate pictures of the victim would be published, which are said to have been created in a previous chat using the “Snapchat” application. Ultimately, the victim transferred an amount in the lower four-digit range.

“Sextortion” is a form of crime in which the victim is threatened with the publication of nude photos or videos. As in the current case, the perpetrators’ approach is quite simple and sneaky. After the fraudsters have contacted the later victims via social platforms, an intimate picture of the alleged chat partner follows. The victim then receives a request to also send sexual recordings, otherwise the conversation is over. After the recordings have been sent, the threat follows that the picture or video will be published online if the requested amount of money is not paid.

Police recommendations on how to protect yourself from this type of crime:

   - Stimmen Sie nicht vorschnell einem Videochat oder der Aufnahme 
     intimer Bilder zu.
   - Im Zweifel: Kleben Sie die Chatkamera zunächst ab, um lediglich 
     verbal zu kommunizieren und das Geschehen zu beobachten.
   - Stimmen Sie keinen Entblößungen oder intimen Handlungen über 
     Video oder Chatverläufe zu, wenn Sie die Person erst seit Kurzem
     kennen.

If you have already been a victim of sextortion, the police recommend the following:

   - Überweisen Sie kein Geld. Die Erpressung hört nach der Zahlung 
     meist nicht auf.
   - Erstatten Sie Anzeige bei der Polizei.
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Questions please contact:

Police headquarters in Offenburg
Phone: 0781-211211
E-Mail: [email protected]
http://www.polizei-bw.de/

Original content from: Police Headquarters Offenburg, transmitted by news aktuell

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