Warns of trusting strangers on "social media"

Abu Dhabi Police: “Aman” is the way to protect against electronic extortion

Crimes of extortion are carried out by soliciting via fake female accounts.

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Abu Dhabi Police warned the public against trusting unknown people through social media, providing them with data, information or personal photos that may be used in electronic blackmail operations, avoiding entering suspicious sites, being careful and cautious when dealing with strangers or unknown people, and not accepting communication with them and trusting them. Them, or send photos or private and sensitive data.

And in the event of exposure to cases of electronic blackmail, she urged the necessity not to submit to the blackmailers, not to respond to their requests, or to send any money under threatening pressure, and to communicate quickly with the "Aman" service, which operates around the clock and in complete confidentiality, on the toll-free number 8002626 (AMAN2626) Or by text messages (2828), or via e-mail (aman@adpolice.gov.ae), or through the smart application of the Abu Dhabi Police General Command.

And she stressed not to publish private photos and videos on social media, so as not to be hacked, hacked, and used by the weak-minded to blackmail their owners.

She explained that electronic blackmail is one of the forms of cybercrime, which is based on threatening the victim with publishing pictures or film materials or leaking classified information in exchange for money, or exploiting the victim to carry out illegal acts for the benefit of extortionists.

She urged parents to follow their children, make them aware of not accepting friendships by unknown people, and how dangerous it is to share their photos and data via Internet, social media and electronic games, and to educate them on how to act when falling into the trap of blackmail.

She stressed the importance of the media's role in educating young men and women, not to publish their private family photos or videos on social media accounts, or save them in their smart devices, as these devices or communication accounts can be hacked.

She explained that the crimes of extortion are carried out in several ways, the most prominent of which is the luring of people by creating fake women's accounts on social media platforms, with the apparent aim of acquaintance, and in the subconscious, extortion, and upon acquaintance, a live broadcast is opened with the camera and filming the victim in an immoral situation.

And she confirmed that the fraudster, after gaining the person’s trust, works to request private photos or make video calls with the victim, and the fraudster resorts to broadcasting a recorded video clip that deludes the victim that it is true, in order to trap him in the trap of vice, then record the call for use in extortion, then receive the amounts Financial transfer through banks or exchange houses, or via digital currency to avoid revealing his identity.

She explained that despite the existence of a law and punishment, this type of crime is on the increase, because many feared to report it for fear of scandal and shame, because it is often associated with the publication of pictures in disgraceful situations and immoral demands on the part of blackmailers.

• The fraudster asks for private personal photos or video calls with the victim, and resorts to broadcasting a recorded video clip that makes the victim feel real.

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