by SlapHappy » Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:41 pm
Form received 2017-12-02 22:44:45
What name did the scammer use?: Maheshwari Patel
How old did the scammer say they were?: 27
Scammer's Skype name.: Maheshwari Patel
Scammer's Skype username .: live:maheshwari1661
What site/app did you first meet the scammer on? .: http:/ /www.chatrooms.org.in/india/ (USA Room)
If they asked you to leave the site/app , where did they take you to?: Skype
How much money did they demand?: Threatened that they can be stopped, but I did not engage until they discussed about money and kept blocking their different numbers in whatsapp after.
If they gave you a phone number, please add it here.: +923045024388, +923054035721, +923054531106, +923062310931
If they posted your video on a website, please include the link.: youtube.com/ (later removed. Also unaware if there are other links. They also sent videos directly to friends through facebook messenger)
What steps, if any, have you already taken to block the scammer?: Reported and blocked their Skype ID and also the different numbers they used to message and call on Whatsapp.
Are there any other details you wish to share? Anything you say may help prevent someone else from being scammed.: They got facebook profiles of me and friend, and also created a fake ID of each of us and started messaging the video to friends in facebook. In parallel, they kept messaging both of our mobile phones on Whatsapp (not sure how they got our mobile numbers) threatening to continue sharing the video with more people and on youtube if they are not stopped. I replied on skype 2 hours later that I won't budge to their threats.
Earlier the scammer pretended to be a girl from the USA of age 27, of Indian origin but born in the USA. Only later I realized that the skype video he played was a prerecorded video and not a live one.