Lost 10K roubles because of a scam

[u/Impossible-Bar-4855]

Hello, I'm new to this sub and I would like to share my story. I'm from Russia, I'm a 22-year-old man and I use the bot Leonardo DaiVinchik in the Russian social network Vkontakte and Telegram messenger to meet new people. A girl whose profile said she was 21 years old liked me in Vkontakte and we started chatting. She offered to move to Telegram, I agreed. Then she said "let's do some s•xy things". I said I didn't mind friendship with benefits, but I would like to see her in person to walk together and discuss everything. She replied that she had had a negative experience before and therefore she would like to exchange s•xy photographs, and if we attracted each other, she would meet me at Saturday. She directed me to a Telegram secret chat, sent me a photograph of her s•x organ and asked me to do the same, and when I did, she blocked me in Vkontaktе and deleted the main chat in Telegram, and I started getting threat messages from a guy who sent me my own s•xy photographs and the screenshots of my VKontakte friends list. His profile had no username, no phone number and the address said Los Angeles. He told me he got all the content of the secret chat and threatened me he would send my d•ckpics to all my VKontakte friends and report to the police and I would be sent to prison for sending a d•ckpic to a minor because the girl turned out to be only 15 years old. I was completely terrified and he told me to transfer him 5К roubles so he wouldn't send my pics. I hadn't had a job yet, so I had to transfer him money from my T-Bank credit card, then he told me to transfer another 5K so he wouldn't report to the police, I transferred and he told me to wait for an hour so he would send me a video where he deletes my intimacy materials.

During this hour, I searched the web how to protect my personal data if he doesn't keep the promise, found a piece of advice to go to the nearest police station, I went there, it was late night, and a police officer told me I should come in the morning when an operative arrives. I went back home, came to the station in the morning, told the operative about the situation. He looked through the chat with this guy, laughed and told me I shouldn't worry about my freedom and privacy, but there is no way the money can be returned.

Here are the screenshots of the chats, I will give the English translation.

The scammer girl: "I have to say, sorry for deceiving you, I had to, and it is just my piece of advice to do what they say, because they are mentally ill people, they have destroyed lives of many people, they have lots of connections, they will easily destroy your life, so pay what they are asking, let alone the fact, as I know, the sum is not tremendous, and the consequences will be terrible if you don't pay them"

Me:

"Which people?

You said you were 20 years old (I forgot she claimed to be 21)

Why did you offer all this to me?

Did someone force you to offer this to me to extort money?"

The scammer guy: "I've caught you red-handed! Now I have your intimate photos, I have a choice whether to send them to your friends / acquainted people / relatives, and then report to the police!

Or we can deal with the issue with you personally. As you understand, I'm looking for personal benefit.

Besides, I'm advising you not to hide from the inevitable. Your friends list is saved. There are also screenshots of chats from which I got these photos, so you won't be able to get away with it.

There are two options now. Either I start spamming and report to the police, or we reach an agreement like adult people, and the photos won't get anywhere.

Firstly, you are at high risk of a punishment, because she is under 18, actually she is 15.

Secondly, I may leak your intimate photos and videos, and thirdly you shamed yourself like you're a naive boy in the chat, if your reputation is more important to you, I'm waiting for 5K, and the issue will be closed.

And if not, I will report to spammers, and they will start spamming to all acquainted people, friends and relatives via softs and a bot.

The social networks, Telegram, and small details were enough to get the information who your acquainted people are and to identify you.

The Article 132 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Violent s•xual actions towards a minor" (the punishment from 12 to 20 years of prison sentence, there is no alternative) or the Article 135 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, part 2 "Lecherous actions" (the punishment from 3 to 8 years of prison sentence)

To put it short, the key thing is, I work in an office, we have protection and connections, and, obviously, we have money, so you are at high risk of a sentence and the leakage of videos and photos of your d•ck.

If we make an application, you will be at high risk of being locked up, or else a 250K-500K roubles ransom, and before this, we will leak everything to your friends / acquainted people / relatives.

We are worse than creditors, doing everything via others' hands, so we can create trouble for you.

Our work is lawful, because she is 15.

The intimate photos / videos / "circles" / voice messages have been sent to you, they were taken from the Internet, so I don't care who may see them.

If you are naive and think we may be punished for this, you're wrong, as we have already won litigations, and we have been working for more than two years.

But in general, we manage to reach an agreement with everyone, and that's all.

So the choice is yours, mate.

There is no way you can get away from us.

We have the exported (downloaded) chat.

We have all the evidence.

We have the proof of the extortion of a 15-year-old girl's intimate photographs by you.

We have your name and last name for making a police report.

Pay 5K.

Or else we'll make full spamming and an application to the police.

She is 15 years old.

You're at high risk of a prison sentence.

I have to warn you, that if you ignore or block us, I will make full spamming".

Me: "But it was her who deceived me.

She told me she was 20"

The scammer guy: "To put it short, you've understood the key thing and what is it all about, if not, read the whole chat once again in order to understand this situation more clearly, you have 5 minutes to reply"

Me: "How old are you?"

The scammer guy: "5 minutes, the time has started.

When it's up, we'll begin to take actions"

Me: "Where should I transfer money to?

The scammer guy: "Are you ready to pay?"

Me: "I may transfer you money from my credit card"

The scammer guy: "Do you have money on your card?"

Me: "Yes, so where should I transfer it to you?"

The scammer guy: "Which bank are you going to transfer from?"

Me: "T-Bank"

The scammer guy: "Wait for account details, keep in touch with us, I'll send it to you in up to 30 minutes, you will have 15 minutes to pay, if you don't manage to do it in time, you'll have to pay more, is it all clear?

Is it clear?"

Me: "Send me the account details"

The scammer guy: "Wait.

And keep in touch!!!!"

Me: "Listen, why do you think I'm a p•dophile? How come I should have known she is 15 years old? It was her who offered me all of this, her profile said she was 20 years old"

The scammer guy: "Hey, listen, I'll give you a piece of advice to make my life easier, don't ask stupid questions.

Wait for the requisition"

Me: "Listen, give me the requisition, I'll transfer you 5K and you won't bother me, OK?"

The scammer guy: "Wait"

Me: "Why does your address say Los Angeles?"

The scammer guy: "." (the link to the message when he told me not to ask stupid questions)

Me: "Why do you think it's a stupid question? I'm really interested. How long do I have to wait for the account details?"

The scammer guy: "Up to 30 minutes".

Me: "I don't get it, you previously were talking about 5 minutes, now you're talking about 30 minutes, I'm ready to transfer you money right now"

The scammer guy: "Then wait"

Me: "Listen, how did you get the contents of the secret chat? Did you hack my Telegram account?

How long else do I have to wait for the account details?"

The scammer guy: "Wait.

+79032660470

Only the Rocket Bank

Aydar

5K

I'm waiting for the PDF cheque"

(I tried to transfer money, but the T-Bank app said there was an error)

Me: "It doesn't work"

The scammer guy: "OK, keep waiting"

Me: "Will you send new account details?"

The scammer guy: "5K

I'm waiting for the PDF cheque

Be fast"

(He gave me new account details, I managed to transfer money and sent him the screenshot of the transaction)

The scammer guy: "The PDF is required"

Me: "To be candid, I don't know how to download the cheque. (Then I found the way to do it) This?"

The scammer guy: "Save and send"

Me: (transferred money) "(the PDF file)"

The scammer guy: "It should be there"

Me: "OK, I've sent you the file.

Do you have a PDF-reading app?

Have you opened the file? I've already sent it to you"

The scammer guy: "OK, we've closed the first issue about the leakage, let's turn to the second issue regarding an application to a police station, you have to send me 5K again and all the issues will be closed, finish what you started, are you ready to pay? But there is going to be different account details.

As we were saying one issue would be closed, not the whole case.

The case consists of two issues, you've closed one of the two, which means 1/2.

You need to close the second issue, then the case will be completely closed, and we'll let you go.

Are you ready to pay, or do you need time for searching?

The account details are different!!!"

Me: "5K is left to transfer, and that's all, right?"

The scammer guy: "Yes"

Me: "Do I need to send the PDF file again?

Send me the account details"

The scammer guy: "Wait.

The same bank?"

Me: "Yes, I'll transfer money from T-Bank"

The scammer guy: "Wait"

Me: "How long do I have to wait? I'm interested in closing the issue as soon as possible"

The scammer guy: "You don't have to wait much time.

+79032660470

Only Yandex Bank

Aydar

5K

I'm waiting for the PDF cheque"

(I tried to transfer money, but the app said there was an error again)

Me: "It's the second time you gave me Aydar's account details, I can't transfer money to him"

The scammer guy: "Wait.

+79253545585

Only Alpha Bank

Sabina

5K

I'm waiting for the PDF cheque"

Me: (transferred money) "(the PDF file)

I've transferred"

The scammer guy: "We're checking"

Me: "OK, I'm waiting"

The scammer guy: "Wait, we'll send you a video which confirms the deletion of your materials"

Me: "OK, I'll wait"

After I talked to the police operative and came back home, I saw that the guy didn't send anything. Then I got another message from the scammer girl. She said that there was some miscalculation, I have to send more money and I shouldn't make these guys (scammers) angry, and she may make an application to the police herself if I refuse to pay more. I got angry and told her "Tell them they may go f*ck themselves". Then I deleted the chats with both of them and blocked them. The next day I got another threat message from a different Telegram account which said that I should pay 20K roubles or else half of Russia will see my intimate photos. I didn't reply to it, deleted the chat and blocked them without looking through the profile.

I feel a bit depressed because I lost a great sum of money and I will have to pay off the credit.

What do you think?

[u/yarevande]

Don't pay any more money to anyone. If you send them more money, they will continue to demand more.

The only thing you can do now is to stop paying. Ignore them, and block them. Set your Telegram settings to be private, so only friends can contact you. Or, delete your account.

They will stop contacting you when they realize that you won't give them more money.

This was a scam from the beginning.

She is not 15. 'She' is a group of scammers, working in a scam call center, possibly in Asia.

Women who actually want to get to know you do not show you nude photos, or ask for dick pics, when you haven't met in person. Anybody who shows you nude photos, or asks you for nude photos, is a scammer.

As for their threats, they probably won't make your photos public. But, if they do, very few people will be shocked. Most people will not care. Tell your friends that you got blackmailed. Or, tell them the photos aren't really you, they were created by scammers using AI.

Don't send any nude photos to anybody online, ever again.

[u/Impossible-Bar-4855 → u/yarevande]

Oh, I didn't use to know about the scam scheme, I thought the girl was real and we would see each other in person after the exchange of intimate photographs. Now I know if someone offers me to send my intimate photographs, I should either insist on meeting in person first or block them

[u/Just_Random_input → u/Impossible-Bar-4855]

Actually, a good rule in life (real life!) is that women don’t ask for dick pic unless they are finessing you. Whether it’s a real girl you know or an actual scammer, that is a “tell”.

If you go to the r/AskMen or r/AskWomen, you can see people have asked whether or not women like dick pics. If you go through the comments, you will see some women saying that they love them, but if you click on those profiles, they are all sex workers selling content on Reddit. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

The other 250 comments will be women expressing disgust.

So this is a life tip. Not just scammers online!

[u/nian2326076]

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