Three separate extortion cases involving nine online naked chats with three males were reported to the police by the respective victims last week, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said at a regular press conference yesterday.
16-year-old pupilAccording to Lou, a 16-year-old pupil reported to the Judiciary Police last Friday that he had had three online naked chats for about 10 minutes each with a woman he met through a social media app on his smartphone earlier that day. The woman later sent him a video link of the victim’s third chat and tried to blackmail the boy by telling him to buy gift cards worth 20,000 patacas, otherwise his video would be made public. The pupil got scared and reported the case to the police without paying the scammer, Lou said.
Vietnamese worker
According to Lou, a 29-year-old Vietnamese who works as a cleaner reported to the police last Friday that he met a woman through a social media app on his smartphone last Wednesday and had online naked chats with her three times. Afterwards, the man received a video link of his chat and the woman blackmailed him into buying gift cards worth 1,332 patacas and 2,664 patacas. The victim bought the gift cards and then sent the information to the woman. A man called a family member of the victim last Thursday about the online naked chat. The victim then bought a gift card worth 2,931 patacas hoping to prevent his family members from being harassed by the man. Afterwards, the scammer tried to blackmail him again last Friday, but the victim finally reported the case to the police, with a loss totalling 6,927 patacas, Lou said.
Casino dealer
Meanwhile, according to Lou, a 31-year-old casino dealer reported to the police on Saturday that he had met a female netizen through a social media app earlier that day and had an online naked chat with her three times for about 10 minutes. He then received four links of his video. The woman tried to blackmail him to buy gift cards worth HK$10,000; otherwise the video would be made public to all the contacts on his smartphone. The victim reported the case to the police without paying the scammer, Lou said.
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai poses during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters yesterday. Photo: Camy Tam
