78-year-old among 2 forced to pay 23L after nude calls

Hyderabad: Cyber fraudster blackmailed two men, including a 78-year-old, after they picked up a WhatsApp call from unknown number where a woman began to strip. The nude call was recorded and the men were threatened to pay or be shamed on social media. The two coughed up about 23 lakh before making a police complaint. The accused are yet to be caught.

On Tuesday, the septuagenarian from Narayanguda approached the Hyderabad cyber crimes PS to complain that he had been blackmailed into paying about 15 lakh to cyber fraudsters. “As I answered the WhatsApp call from the unknown number, I saw the woman stripping. The caller asked me to strip too and as per her instructions I went to the washroom and undressed,” he said in his complaint to cops.