NDTV Originals: How A Call From A "Beautiful" Woman Can Turn Your Life "Ugly"

This is one of the cases explored in NDTV's 25-minute documentary "Inside The OTP Mafia: Nuh To New York", which exposes the dark underbelly of sextortion.

A retired government employee one day received a WhatsApp video call from an unknown number, and ended up losing Rs 61,000 after accepting the call and falling prey to 'sextortion' -- a cyber scam where unsuspecting men are approached by women, who pose naked and strip on video calls, and end up paying money out of guilt and shame. 

The elderly man, 68-year-old DP Yadav, said a half-naked woman started stripping on camera as soon as he accepted the call. He disconnected immediately but the next day approached by a scammer who pretended to be a DCP from the Delhi Police "cyber cell crime branch". The caller said the woman has been arrested and will be produced in court, and he too needs to be there, Mr Yadav narrated, adding that he was told he needs to get the video deleted from YouTube if he wanted to protect himself.

He was given a phone number, where he was asked to pay Rs 20,000 to get the video deleted. Mr Yadav paid, and asked for a receipt, but was told that would cost an additional Rs 41,000, which he again paid.