• The fraudsters try to lure the users into sharing intimate content in different ways
      • posting messages for video/audio chat
      • using fake accounts/profiles
      • creating pages/ad campaigns
  • The users get victimized when they
    • pay for the such services and pose nude or in compromising position in video calls
    • accepts or sends friend requests to the fake account/profile and involves in intimate interaction posing nude in video chats, sends revealing pictures etc.,
  • The fraudster records video/ takes screenshot/ takes pictures/makes use of revealing pictures/morphs the pictures sent
  • The fraudster starts blackmailing the victim leading to sextortion.

The users of porn sites may also fall prey sextortion, when their chats/video calls on the porn sites are used for blackmailing by fraudsters.