Nude scam: group that used a photo of RS delegate to deceive SP victim is target of operation
Criminals posed as young people and used a police officer's name to extort victims in São Paulo
Quick Look
- Civil Police discover that extortion scheme started from inside prisons.
- Criminals pretended to be a young man and used a police officer's photo to blackmail a victim in São Paulo.
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Why It Matters
Delegate from the Cybercrime Suppression Department investigates an extortion scheme that originated in a penitentiary.
According to the Cybercrime Suppression Department delegate, Filipe Bringenthi, the group operated the scheme from inside the jails. The suspicion is that they posed as a young woman on a digital platform.
The group would have exchanged messages with a person from São Paulo. Afterwards, the criminals claimed that the young woman was a minor, and began to extort the victim.
To try to convey more credibility, the criminals used the name and photo of a delegate from the Civil Police of Rio Grande do Sul. In the message, the alleged delegate says that he is with the parents of the alleged teenager at the police station and states that if there was no contact, the situation would be exposed.
The victim, who is from the state of São Paulo, suspected the action and contacted the authorities and registered a report. From the investigation, the Civil Police discovered that the attempted coup came from inside a penitentiary.
Open Questions
- Which penitentiaries housed the criminals?
- How many people were victims of the scam?
