Police are urging Skype users not to respond to messages from people they don't know and to refrain from posting revealing pictures of themselves online. Six men have come forward to police over the last month claiming to be victims of the scam. 'I just deactivated and blocked her account, so I don't know what's happened to the video.' He then blocked the caller – who claimed to be from Amsterdam – and hoped for the best. 'They had my Twitter account, they had my Facebook, they had my Gmail – they had everything. Luke says he was then asked to pay €800 or the video would be shown to his partner, family members and boss. 'I don't know how the hell she recorded me or what's going on there.' He says he had been recorded before he was called on Skype, and suspected a pop-up link from an adult website was responsible. 'I put myself away and answered the call and it was this chick and she was quite hot, and she started being sort of intimate, so I was just talking to her and then she just sent me a video of myself – she somehow recorded me – then rung me and said, 'look they've recorded you', and showed me the link – it was on YouTube.' If you have started an online relationship, then FaceTime or Skype the person ( if meeting them in the real world is not an option). Don’t take at face value that people are who they say they are online. 'I was on my own at my house with my laptop, I was having some 'me time' and I got a Skype call about four minutes into my me time,' he told the radio station. Don’t send nudes to people you don’t know or have just met online.

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He was then contacted via Skype and asked to pay a ransom. I have been scammed by a trading company, they are ignoring my phone calls emails also messages through Skype. One of the first steps in making your profile scammer-proof is limiting the amount of information they can see. 'Luke' spoke to The Rock radio station this morning saying he was caught on camera in a compromising position while watching an adult website. Preventing Scams 1 Keep your profile as private as possible. A man claiming to be the victim of an online blackmail scam has come forward with details of how he was caught.

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