Gurugram Man Scammed Out of 78,000 Rupees By Sextortion Gang, According to Police

A senior police officer reported that they are attempting to identify the accused. A man filed a complaint stating that on April 30, he received a video call on WhatsApp from a naked girl. She persuaded him to remove his clothes during the call and recorded it.

The man mentioned, “After some time, I received a call from a mobile number pretending to be a crime branch officer. He demanded Rs 20,000 and threatened to circulate the video on social media.” “I paid the amount, but he demanded more for deleting the clip.

I became scared and transferred an additional Rs 58,999 to a mobile UPI number. Realizing I had been duped, I approached the police,” he added. An FIR was filed for cheating by impersonation and cheating under the IPC at the cyber crime department of the west police station.

According to the police, they are working to identify the accused. *(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed. )*