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Scary moment for a friend over night. Messaged me in a panic about what to do, he was getting blackmailed by someone he was speaking to online and unless he paid a ransom they were going to ruin his reputation.

He met this 'girl' on Wink, and she convinced him to sign up to Telegram as she said she didn't use Wink that much and wanted to move to the convo to there. So he signed up Telegram, and then yeah that's when the scammers hit him with the ransom. They used his picture from the dating app, and used details from their conversation to mock up a fake news bulletin that he was a paedophile who sent nude pics to kids, complete with a picture of a guys dick pic right alongside a picture of his face. Was complete with his name, his occupation, his age, where he lived and they also managed to somehow get his telephone number from Telegram. He says he never gave them his number, and his settings were set to private on Telegram but they still managed to get it somehow.

Unless he paid a ransom in Bitcoin, they were threatening to publish the fake news bulletin online and ruin his reputation (he's a teacher). Told him to contact Cybercrime straight away to get in front of it just in case anything did get leaked.

Glad i'm out of the dating game, that's pretty scary what they can do these days.
 
Pretty scary. "Let's move this convo to another platform" is a massive red flag, much like how HoneyBadger35 has got all the podcast crew under his reign.
Nah, it's pretty common, Telegram is just dodgy imo
 
Scary moment for a friend over night. Messaged me in a panic about what to do, he was getting blackmailed by someone he was speaking to online and unless he paid a ransom they were going to ruin his reputation.

He met this 'girl' on Wink, and she convinced him to sign up to Telegram as she said she didn't use Wink that much and wanted to move to the convo to there. So he signed up Telegram, and then yeah that's when the scammers hit him with the ransom. They used his picture from the dating app, and used details from their conversation to mock up a fake news bulletin that he was a paedophile who sent nude pics to kids, complete with a picture of a guys dick pic right alongside a picture of his face. Was complete with his name, his occupation, his age, where he lived and they also managed to somehow get his telephone number from Telegram. He says he never gave them his number, and his settings were set to private on Telegram but they still managed to get it somehow.

Unless he paid a ransom in Bitcoin, they were threatening to publish the fake news bulletin online and ruin his reputation (he's a teacher). Told him to contact Cybercrime straight away to get in front of it just in case anything did get leaked.

Glad i'm out of the dating game, that's pretty scary what they can do these days.
That’s a lot to take in on a Monday morning
 

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Scary moment for a friend over night. Messaged me in a panic about what to do, he was getting blackmailed by someone he was speaking to online and unless he paid a ransom they were going to ruin his reputation.

He met this 'girl' on Wink, and she convinced him to sign up to Telegram as she said she didn't use Wink that much and wanted to move to the convo to there. So he signed up Telegram, and then yeah that's when the scammers hit him with the ransom. They used his picture from the dating app, and used details from their conversation to mock up a fake news bulletin that he was a paedophile who sent nude pics to kids, complete with a picture of a guys dick pic right alongside a picture of his face. Was complete with his name, his occupation, his age, where he lived and they also managed to somehow get his telephone number from Telegram. He says he never gave them his number, and his settings were set to private on Telegram but they still managed to get it somehow.

Unless he paid a ransom in Bitcoin, they were threatening to publish the fake news bulletin online and ruin his reputation (he's a teacher). Told him to contact Cybercrime straight away to get in front of it just in case anything did get leaked.

Glad i'm out of the dating game, that's pretty scary what they can do these days.
Someone I know was scammed like this. He had chatted to a 'woman' online and she convinced him to record himself playing with his dick. She then sent him a link to a website where this video was uploaded, and he was also sent a list of links to social media accounts of his friends and family, they demanded money for the video to be deleted but my mate was poor so he didn't pay it. Heard nothing from anyone for months until his brother went through his spam folder on Facebook one evening and found the video. Unsure what happened from there.
 
Family gatherings were hilarious for everyone except your mate from that time forth.

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Telegram is an encrypted messaging app like WhatsApp. Was popular initially with terrorists and organised criminals, gone a bit more mainstream now but they're still there.

Is Telegram the one that’s full of far right nut jobs?
 
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