‘Compromising photos’: B.C. RCMP warn of fake blackmail scam

RCMP are informing the nationalist astir a fake blackmail scam targeting radical who unrecorded successful Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

Police issued the informing connected Thursday aft getting 5 reports of the scam successful conscionable 3 days.

Mounties accidental the scammers enactment by sending a missive oregon email claiming they person compromising pictures oregon videos of the unfortunate looking astatine big contented captured done malware.

The scammers past nonstop the unfortunate a photograph of their location taken via Google Streetview on with different idiosyncratic details to amusement they cognize wherever the unfortunate lives.

The fraudsters request a $2,000 outgo made successful Bitcoin oregon assertion they volition merchandise the compromising images to the victim’s household and friends.

Fortunately, RCMP said nary of the victims complied with the scammers.

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However, they’re informing the nationalist to beryllium alert and to study immoderate akin incidents.

Police are besides urging radical ne'er to springiness retired idiosyncratic information, and not to unfastened machine links oregon files from chartless people.

Anyone who is simply a unfortunate of an extortion effort should chopped connection with the suspects immediately, should not comply with the threats and should ne'er nonstop money, transfers oregon Bitcoin and should study the incidental to police.