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Mumbai Businessman Trapped in Sextortion Scam After Instagram Friendship
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News18•05-10-2026, 11:02
Mumbai Businessman Trapped in Sextortion Scam After Instagram Friendship
- •A Mumbai businessman fell victim to a sextortion scam after befriending a woman on Instagram.
- •The accused threatened to viral an objectionable video of the businessman and demanded lakhs of rupees.
- •The businessman claims he was intoxicated and removed his clothes during a video call at the woman's insistence.
- •The scammers demanded 3.5 lakh rupees, threatening to defame him by releasing the video.
- •After continuous harassment and threats, the businessman finally filed a police complaint.
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The businessman befriended an Instagram account in a woman's name, which later led him to connect with another account called kanxi_maya where he was lured into a naked video call while intoxicated.
The blackmailers demanded 3 lakh 50 thousand rupees after threatening to make his objectionable video viral and defame him.
Initially hoping the harassment would stop and acting out of fear, the complainant refrained from going to the police until the continuous text messages and threats forced him to file a complaint.
