14-man online blackmail ring targeted women in UAE, Saudi

britexpat
By britexpat

 

We read so many such stories around the world. Why do women put themselves in such situations ?

 

 

 

Please be wary of posting your pictures on the social media ...  

 

Palestinian authorities arrested 14 men involved in extorting money from women in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf country by threatening to publish their pictures on social media networks, a Saudi newspaper reported on Monday.

 

Saudi authorities contacted police in the occupied West Bank and informed them about the activities of the ring after a Saudi girl reported she was being blackmailed.

 

The Saudi Arabic language daily 'Okaz' said the 19-year-old girl told local police that a man on social media fooled her when he made her send her photograph, which he threatened to publish unless she sent money to him in Palestine.

 

It said Saudi authorities contacted the Palestinian ambassador in the Gulf Kingdom, who informed the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank about the case.

 

“Palestinian authorities raided some houses and arrested all the suspects. Officials there said the suspects, if convicted, will be jailed for at least one year,” it said, without mentioning how many women had been extorted by the ring.

By acchabaccha• 24 Aug 2015 09:55
acchabaccha

I had sent my picture too but they returned it back within minutes with the question, "Where are your teeth?"

By zackm• 24 Aug 2015 09:44
zackm

They can use my monkey business picture any time, except to my wife. She will freak out

By max11• 24 Aug 2015 09:44
max11

Good thinking WT!!!

By Wild Turkey• 24 Aug 2015 09:34
Wild Turkey

That's why I always use a picture of my cars and not one showing me.

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