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Police have said they recorded 215 cases of “ naked chat blackmai l” involving student victims in the first half of this year. - Photo: Jelly Tse / SCMP
According to police, a 13-year-old girl recently met a male friend online through social media. He eventually built rapport with the girl under the “guise of sharing study tips” after chatting online with her several times. The members then requested the victims to pay half of the fee for the hotel room, leading the victims to believe that the members could truly provide compensated dating services. As the amount of losses were low, the victims would be embarrassed and choose not to report to the police.
In a bid to step up the publicity work, Police hosted a large-scale campaign, Cyber Security Expo 2022 last year. A cyber security campaign named All-round CyberDefender is now being held. “Cybercrime affects people of all ages, they not only fall prey to those crimes but are also used to aid those activities,” he said.
Officers said the con artists tricked people they met through dating apps into downloading malicious software which stole their mobile phone contacts. "People tend to know other persons through the internet or on social media platforms rather than going out to meet friends," he said. There were 708 naked-chat blackmail cases in Hong Kong in the first half of this year, 43 per cent more than the same period last year. More than 60 per cent of the suspected victims were aged under 30, with the youngest only 11.
Hong Kong students made up a fifth of the victims of online blackmail cases involving naked photos in the first half of the year, including an 11-year-old boy who was lured into downloading an app that implanted malware on his smartphone, police revealed.
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