Don’t wank during video calls, warns police

A day after Royal Thai Police warned women to be wary of “sextortion” on Valentine’s Day, men have been told not to wank during video calls. Police reckon it could lead men open to blackmail by fraudsters using fake profile photos of attractive women.

Pol Col Siriwat Deephor, deputy chief of the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), reported that dozens of men, children, women and children have been victims of these scam gangs.

Fraudsters use fake photos of beautiful women in their profiles and sent friend requests to potential victims on social media. After they become online friends the conversation is changed and they engage in sexually explicit chat. The victims are then coerced into turning on their cameras and masturbating during a video call, reported Bangkok Post.

The fraudulent groups record these videos and exploit them to extort the victims.

Pol Col Siriwat…