The non-consensual dissemination of private or sexual images or videos (colloquially referred to as Revenge Pornography) is being specifically criminalised in two pieces of legislation.
The user would download one of such applications, grant permissions to the app and the loan money used to get credited to his account within minutes, the officer said. Consider laying a criminal charge of extortion and / or obtain a protection order under the Protection from Harassment Act or the Domestic Violence Act. The applications were developed in the garb of providing small amounts of loan. After obtaining access to the users' contacts, chats, messages and images, the gang used to upload sensitive information to servers based in China and Hong Kong, a senior police officer said.
On my day off having a regular extended nap, I received a call from the area code (561) from first a girl asking for my name. FOLLOWING a WhatsApp message sent to police authorities by some young men from whom officers took N200,000, three policemen attached to Area āNā Command, Ijede-Ikorodu, Lagos, have been. These apps were seeking malicious permissions from users. Whatsapp Scam (Possible Extortion) This happened around 9pm last night. FOLLOWING a WhatsApp message sent to police authorities by some young men from whom officers took N200,000, three policemen attached to Area āNā Command, Ijede-Ikorodu, Lagos. The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operation (IFSO) of the Delhi Police took cognisance of these complaints, and during analysis, found that more than 100 such applications were involved in the racket. Scamwatch is warning the Chinese community in Australia about 2 scams that involve extortion and threats of arrest. Sextortion is a sexual extortion with webcam blackmail (via Facebook, Telegram, Skype or Whatsapp) made by someone who threatens to share your sexual images or videos on social media accounts, if you do not pay a ransom by sending money (in Bitcoin).