Blindfold Gag Video Call Scam

If you receive a video of your child being gagged and blindfolded, it is important to stay calm and CALL YOUR CHILD TO CHECK IF THIS IS TRUE.

Lately, there are more elaborate scams happening where they scam the child and asked them to take a "x-ray" via a video call and send the video of the gagged and naked person to their parents overseas to demand for ransom.

https://mothership.sg/2021/05/scam-blindfold-gag-video-call/

And one such case happened to a student in Singapore whose parents were residing overseas.

The said student was told he is involved in some investigation by the police in China.

"He was instructed to remove his top, gag and blindfold himself to take an "X-ray" over the video call. He was also told to isolate himself in a hotel room and cease contact with family and friends."

Also, if any stranger came to you and told you that you were under investigation, the first thing you can do would be to contact the police in that country to check if it is true. If not, at least call the local police force and double check.. especially if they are asking you to do anything that makes you uncomfortable.

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