Webcam Blackmail Report

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Webcam Blackmail Firstly i was on ChatRoulette just looking for some fun as you do. I met a girl on there, starting chatting for 2 min and she asked for my Skype, so instead of me giving her mine, i asked for hers, so she gave it...                             Sali.Jasmine  So i added her, she send me a voice call, i accepted, then she asked me to put on my webcam, so i did, then i asked her to do the same, so therefore she done that as well, we started having a chat, then things got a bit frisky, i showed her stuff, she showed me stuff, but everything happening smoothly just like the fake video was too. Moments later she ended the call, i was like whats happened? Next thing i know, she sends me a Video Call, i open it, then there's me on webcam doing the things i did,  i panicked completely, closed the video down, then they send links to my facebook profile and several others such as my dad and other friends, and a load of names underneath and they said if i don't pay them £300 they would share the video on youtube, blog's and send to all of my friends all on facebook. I said 'How could i possibly pay you?' Then they said 'Do you have Cash or Card' so i said 'Cash' they said 'get to a WesternUnion and pay the money in my account within 45 minute's and i wont send video' then they also said 'This is the information that you need' I need Help on this, and has anyone else had this happen to them? 

Answer 1

Hello, I felt I had to share my experience which only happened yesterday. I had a similar experience to you. Chatroulette...skype... suddenly boom, you're being scammed and shown an outrageous video link on youtube with the threat of your entire Facebook friends list being sent it. I was panicking in the same way you were, they were demanding I got to Western Union ASAP or the whole friends list would see me doing those things I wished I hadn't done. I was freaking out, shaking, panicking, fearing for my job amongst other things.I bought some time by saying I was going to walk to the nearest Western Union which would take me about 25mins to get there, then about 20mins in the store, then 25mins walking home. During this time, I read up and found that this has happened to so many other people. It was so reassuring to find these community messages on the skype web site where people had shared their experience. Most people's posts are pretty similar, don't pay the b*stards, change your passwords, block the person on all forms of social media, deactivate your FB page for a while etc. However, I feel I can add something quite fresh to the topic and the discussions being shared. So I have a pretty solid open relationship with my mum. The scammer was showing me a screenshot of him typing an inbox message to my mum and getting pissed off that I was wasting his time about payment he sent the message, it was clear as day, I saw the message being typed out in a facebook messenger box. I saw it go, shortly followed by my youtube link showing what I had done. I was mortified. What was worse was that he had typed saying I had been caught doing what I was doing on a gay porn site which had 13yr olds on it!! I rang my mum immediately and explained what was going on... I asked her whether she had received a facebook message, she checked inbox, spam, other etc etc. Nothing received....... I was still panicked and worried that she might have missed it in another message inbox, but she hadn't. There was nothing ever sent. The conclusion I made was that they are powerless, it looks like they are sending these messages but it must be some kind of software which makes it looks just like facebook. As a lot of other people have said, they wouldn't dare to upload your youtube video for long as it would receive copious complaints and reports of spam and inappropriate content etc. My advice is as follows:1. Stay Calm2. Don't Pay3. Buy some time with them (make up something about transferring money taking a while)4. They are preying of fear and panick so don't feed their appetite. Be cool.5. Use your time to block, delete, report abuse, change passwords, deactivate accounts (for an hour or two), etc etc. Once they cannot contact you they lose their only powers.6. So far I haven't needed it, but set up a google alert for 'Your Name Youtube' that way you can know as soon as possible IF they release the video.7. If you are trying to search for your video use the search filter which allows you to search for new videos matching your search description 'today' 'this week' 'this month' etc.  I am just thankful that I have such a good relationship with my mum and that I could explain it to her without it being too weird. We are all human at the end of the day, we all have weak spots and all make mistakes sometimes. There are some cruel people in the world, and I just hope that Karma gets them.  I wish you all the best, as I say I felt I had to share my experience which will hopefully help some of you out there. All the best, MB