A young man has reported to the authorities a subject who, through a dating application, seduced him, raped him and sexually violated him inside his home in La Molina. The victim indicated that he not only abused him, but also took all his belongings.
“He wrote me on the dating app, told me to meet up. I agreed, but he insisted that he wanted to bring some drinks. He came to my house with a bottle of wine and a six pack of beers. We were talking, he seemed to be a trustworthy person, but then when he asked me to borrow the bathroom, I started to fall asleep and I don’t remember anything else. I woke up naked on my bed without my wallet, my cards, my cell phone, and without some valuables from my home,” he told ATV Noticias.
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He also stated that thanks to a friend he was able to go to the police station where he reported the incident and, after passing the corresponding tests, they confirmed that he had been a victim of sexual abuse.
“On Monday I only became aware of what had happened to me, it took everything. My cards, which had a credit of more than 10,000 soles, a new cell phone. But none of that is going to make up for what he did to me. I was a victim of sexual abuse, ”she specified.
Finally, he said that The PNP managed to stop her attacker, who was celebrating that same night on the pizza street in Miraflores.
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“According to what Dirincri informed me, he had a lot of ‘weaponry’: 12 POS, other people’s cards. They are already carrying out the corresponding investigations (…) What they told me is that they contacted the other victims and they had all filed a complaint about the case”, he reiterated.
Recommendations to avoid dating app scams
The cybersecurity company WatchGuard has put together a list of tips to avoid online scams. For them, if the person behind the screen is very insistent to know where you work, live or if you are alone in your house, it could be that it is a criminal.
Another suggestion is not to use work profiles in these applications, as this information could be compromised by criminals.
Passwords from social networks should not be shared either, since these are often also used in cards or other accounts.