50-year-old victim loses $20,000 to scam involving extortion letters with fake obscene photos

50-year-old victim loses $20,000 to scam involving extortion letters with fake obscene photos

Stomp·2024-05-03 13:01

Seven men and five women, aged between 18 and 46, are being investigated for their suspected involvement in providing bank accounts and SIM cards used to commit a series of extortion.

The police said in a statement that between March and April this year, they received more than 170 reports from victims who had received extortionary letters via post containing manipulated photographs.

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