AMMAN —
Head of the Cyber Crime Unit
Mahmoud Al-Maghaira said that 698 electronic
extortion cases have been submitted to the unit since the beginning of the year
until the end of July, according to Al-Mamlaka TV.
“Women are the
biggest victims of electronic extortion cases, though men get electronically
blackmailed as well,” Maghaira said on
Monday. He said that there is no e-army in Jordan to protect people from these
attacks.
According to
Maghaira, besides the electronic extortion cases, there have been 1,153 cases
of electronic financial fraud in the first seven months of this year.
He warned social
media users about saving personal or private photos on application like
Snapchat to avoid the risk of being blackmailed.
He said that all
cases submitted to the unit are handled with “complete confidentiality” from
the moment the complaint is filed until its submission to the judiciary, which
cooperates with the
Public Prosecutor and the administrative governor to deal
with the case.
“Electronic
extortion cases that come from abroad are dealt with by conducting technical
investigation to gather information. The perpetrator’s location is determined, and
if the person is outside of Jordan, the Arab and International Police
Department are notified and tasked with investigating the individual and
ultimately take legal action,” according to Maghaira.
He added that one
of the most common methods of electronic extortion happens when perpetrators
build relationships with victims, gaining their trust, convincing them to send
pictures and videos, and then the blackmail starts.
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