2023-07-09 21:25:33
Scammers call claiming to know privacy to blackmail victims
Sharjah: Jehan Shuaib
Blackmail of a new kind has become widespread, threatening security, and placing the individual in a circle of fear and suspicion, and is summarized in a text message received on any communication site for this girl, woman, or that young man and man, its content being the following: “I know all your personal information, and I have private photos that are out.” For you, I can expose you to it, if you do not do what I want, and the evidence for my speech is that you can see a sample of the pictures on the attached link.
Of course, the panic of the recipient of the message prompts him to click on the link, while the blackmailer does not have any pictures or information about the addressee, and when he clicks on the link, the blackmailer disappears for half an hour, or less, as he works to penetrate the phone with a virus, to obtain pictures And his owner’s information, and he sends it back to him, to confirm what he said, and then begins to blackmail him, taking advantage of the state of anxiety and tension that caused him, for fear of publishing his private pictures, or information about him, and so on.
Opening unknown links is a trap that many fall into, as a result of the threat of blackmailers who play on the feelings of account holders on social media, by hinting that they possess their secrets and secrets from their personal lives, which they can publish to the public to expose them if they do not comply with their subsequent demands.
deterrent penalties
Lawyer Hussein Al Ali warned against opening any unknown links, saying: Cyberspace has become a fertile breeding ground for cybercriminals, or what they call “hackers”. To obtain free programs, or to enter a withdrawal for a large amount, and at other times he threatens, claiming that he has obtained the personal data of the addressee, and his saved pictures, on his mobile phone or computer, and to confirm his claim, he sends a link to confirm that he has these data and pictures. Here, the person falls victim to it after submitting to it, and hacks his device after clicking on the link.
The UAE, thanks to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, may God protect him, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, is one of the first countries to confront these actions. By enacting legislation and laws that keep pace with technological development and cybercrime. The UAE legislator took it upon himself to set deterrent penalties to limit these actions and to confront anyone who begged himself to use cyberspace for threats and extortion.
Article (42) of Decree-Law No. 34 of 2021, combating rumors and cybercrimes, states that “a penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, and a fine of no less than 250,000 dirhams and no more than 500,000 dirhams, or one of them, shall be imposed on anyone who Blackmails or threatens another person, to force him to do an act, or to abstain from it, using a computer network or any information technology means, and the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, if the threat is to commit a crime, or by attributing matters that defame his honor or consideration. This was accompanied by an explicit or implicit request to take or refrain from doing an action.
Hence, everyone must unite to confront this phenomenon, which has been declining relatively recently, especially with the vigilance and efficiency of the security services, represented by the Ministry of Interior, which is the first line of defense to protect society.
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