Sextortion on the rise, warns cyber crime wing

Hyderabad: If a friendly woman turns up on your social media or dating site, be alert. She could be from a gang that lures people into sexual situations and then extorts money, a practice that is known as ‘sextortion’.

Sextortion cases have increased in the city, with several men being blackmailed into paying large sums to scammers. Dating platforms have evolved into a new avenue for scammers to defraud people and extract money from them.