Organised sex-tortion gangs are targeting Renfrewshire residents in cruel online blackmail scams, police have warned. Officers in the region have received reports that sick criminals are threatening to publish intimate images of victims if they do not send them large sums of cash.
It is understood a man in Renfrewshire has fallen foul of a scam in recent days, prompting a warning from Renfrewshire’s top cop.
It’s understood criminal gangs outwith the UK are often behind the frauds, which sees a young woman strike up a conversation with a man online leading him to believe they are romantically linked.The victims are then urged to send personal or intimate pictures of themselves, which are then used to blackmail them.Crooks threaten to send