Filenews 27 January 2026
Recently, the Cybercrime Prosecution Branch has received several complaints from citizens who have been victims of online sexual blackmail, a method also known as "Sextortion".
In particular, unknown persons create fake accounts on social media (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, etc.) where they usually pretend to be girls and approach unsuspecting victims, mainly male, where in a very short period of time they are urged to participate in a video call in order to present themselves both naked.
Subsequently, and after a few minutes, the victims receive blackmailing messages from the alleged girls, who ask for a sum of money (usually through a money transfer company to African countries) not to publish the content of the video call they recorded without the victim's knowledge to the victims' friends on social media.
It should be noted that from the reports received by the Police, there are several minors among the victims.
Tips
- The public is asked to be especially careful with the people with whom they have communication on the internet.
- Not to be involved in exposing his sensitive data on the internet with unknown persons.
- Not to make any payment requested. Even with the minimum payment, abusers become more burdensome and ask for more money.
- Report / block the fake account on the social networking platform.
The public is also urged to stop all communication with the perpetrator and proceed for a reasonable period of time to deactivate the account he maintains in the Social Security Fund, so that he is not detected and receives threats.
