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The Skype sex scam – a fortune built on shame

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Re: The Skype sex scam – a fortune built on shame

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Post by tinco »

personjerry wrote: post #3

Is this illegal? I guess it's a form of blackmail (thus illegal) right?

Yes. And there's a good chance that now that it's in international media and the scope is so large the king will catch wind of it and the repercussions for these guys will not be good.

In Nigeria you might get away with stuff like this. But Morocco is besides an Islamic country also one with ambitions, good ties to Europe and increasingly modern infrastructure (as evidenced by their Internet racket). If I were them and I read this news article, I'd be putting my Japanese motorbike and German car on the boat and cross gibraltar. I bet it's not too hard to become a Spanish citizen if you have money.

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Post by lb1lf »

personjerry wrote: post #3

Is this illegal? I guess it's a form of blackmail (thus illegal) right?

Presumably that depends on the laws of the jurisdiction in which the act takes place - and, of course - lawyers could probably argue for years which country's laws are applicable in this case.

Adding to this, it may be a very shrewdly chosen scam, as the crime (in some jurisdictions) of engaging in a sexual liaison without having the necessary paperwork in order may be graver than the one of blackmail.

Hence, even victims not giving in to the original scheme may find themselves unwilling or unable to report the scam to the authorities. Clever.

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Post by Kenji »

smnplk wrote: post #4

If a random girl asks you to show her your penis, first make sure you are doing it in person and she does not have any devices on her. How can people in this century not know that your stream (no pun intended) can be recorded.

Frankly, any photo or video on digital media is just a tiny little step away from being irreversibly published to the internet. People should never make photos or videos of that kind if they don't want it to be public.

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Post by throw95323 »

>Intelligent, articulate, and technologically adept, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that in a place with more opportunities a young man of Omar's talents could find a legitimate way to earn his $500 a day.

Pretty ridiculous statement there. Not many places on earth can a person earn that for simply being smart.

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Post by pooper »

Kenji wrote: post #8
smnplk wrote: post #4

If a random girl asks you to show her your penis, first make sure you are doing it in person and she does not have any devices on her. How can people in this century not know that your stream (no pun intended) can be recorded.

Frankly, any photo or video on digital media is just a tiny little step away from being irreversibly published to the internet. People should never make photos or videos of that kind if they don't want it to be public.

> Frankly, any photo or video on digital media is just a tiny little step away from being irreversibly published to the internet. People should never make photos or videos of that kind if they don't want it to be public.

Alternatively, a photo of me in my nude being public should not mean that I am unfit for public office. Nobody would ban Jennifer Lawrence or Kate Upton if they wanted to be a teacher. Why should we fire our school teachers for sending nudes? Why should we refuse to hire people who have made sex tapes from teaching?

All this "think of the children" hysteria is pretty stupid.

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