Abu Dhabi Police warns against accepting friendships of strangers on social media

Abu Dhabi Police has warned of the dangers of extortion and calls on community members and children not to accept friendships from strangers, not to post their photos and videos on social media or send them to them, and to beware of dating sites and applications, as it is often the beginning of catching victims.

She emphasized that the ways to prevent extortion is not to surrender to blackmail, not respond to their requests, not send any sums of money under any direct threat, and report blackmail by contacting the "Aman" service, which works around the clock and in complete confidentiality, on the toll-free number 8002626 (AMAN2626), or by means of messages. Text (2828) or the social support centers at Abu Dhabi Police.

She explained that extortion is based on threatening the victim to publish pictures or film materials or leak confidential information, in exchange for money, or exploiting the victim to carry out illegal acts for the benefit of blackmailers. Social media platforms, the aim of which is ostensibly acquaintance and in the interior, blackmail, and upon acquaintance, a live broadcast is opened with the camera and the victim is photographed in an immoral situation.

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