Scam type
Sextortion and blackmail
The call is recorded, and the threat is to send it to your contacts. The first demand is often small because it is designed to get you paying, and paying is how the demands start, not how they end. It is a crime against you. Do not pay, capture the evidence before you block, and report it.
How to recognise it
- A stranger's video call that turns explicit within seconds
- Your own contact list sent back to you as a threat
- A demand for money with a short deadline
The 2 guides
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Sextortion in India: The First-Hour Playbook
If you got a sextortion threat in the last hour, do not pay and do not respond. The exact steps, helplines, and law to use to protect yourself in India.
Do this now
- 1. Do not pay, do not reply Paying confirms you are vulnerable and raises the demand.
- 2. Screenshot everything first Messages, profile, caller ID, number. Before you block.
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Sextortion in India: Protect Yourself and Your Kids
Sextortion in India: what it is, how to protect yourself and your children, how to get images removed, and how to report to 1930 and cybercrime.gov.in.
Do this now
- 1. Do not pay, do not reply One payment buys an upgraded demand, not silence.
- 2. Capture evidence before blocking Every message, the profile, the number, the timestamps.