Man poses as woman, blackmails gullible girls through Facebook

Abdul Majid, 21 had a well-crafted plan and impeccable implementation; He would create fake female profiles and befriend many young girls, the profiles would boast of 200 friends, some of his friends would be from top schools and colleges in the city.

He would slowly become friendly and disclose sexual encounters in order to get advice and obtain similar information. Once he had obtained the information from these women he would start blackmailing them with their nude pictures and information by threatening to expose these photos and information on social media and web.

Majid a third year student of computer science was arrested on Friday by the police; According to the police he had convinced 8 young women into sending him their naked pictures and had also collected Rs 86,000 from a particular young woman.

The police received the complaint from one of the victim’s mother; since the arrest police have recovered hundreds of nude pictures from his cell phone.

“Such dangers are lurking online. Schools must bring in cyber experts to teach youngsters how to be safe online," said CV Anand, the police commissioner of Cyberabad, who led the investigation.

"It is so important for parents and youngsters to be aware. The child must be able to approach the parent and confide if something like this happens," the victim’s mother stated