S'pore man, 52, meets 2 women via TikTok, video calls them while naked, gets blackmailed S$9,000

The man reportedly said he only realised he was scammed after receiving two consecutive blackmail messages across two days.

Winnie Li | March 10, 2023, 05:45 PM

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A 52-year-old man in Singapore was asked to cough up S$9,000 in return for keeping under wraps videos of him naked and chatting with two female TikTokers, reported Shin Min Daily News.

The victim, surnamed Xie (hanyu pinyin), told Shin Min that he only realised he was scammed after receiving two consecutive blackmail messages across two days.

He had since filed a police report after informing his parents about his unfortunate online encounters.

Xie also shared with Shin Min that he wanted to publicise his experience so that the public can stay vigilant and not fall into similar traps.

What happened

According to Shin Min, Xie followed the first female TikToker's account while scrolling through the app on Mar. 4.

She subsequently asked Xie to chat with her on Telegram.

To Xie's surprise, while chatting, the TikToker said she felt bored and invited him to join her in a video chat naked.

"The woman suddenly video-called me and took off her clothes. She then started to persuade me to take off mine too, and never gave up doing so even after I rejected the idea for a few times. She kept saying: '[I] only need to see [you naked] for a little while.'

I eventually gave in and removed my clothes. Afterwards, she also asked me whether I would like to sexually relief myself, and I told her we could go to a hotel together. However, she rejected the proposal, citing that hotel rooms were expensive," Xie recounted.

In the end, the two chatted in their birthday suits for around four hours before ending the call.

The next day (Mar. 5), Xie added another female TikToker on the app and chatted with her naked as well, reported Shin Min.

However, this time around, he received a text message from the first TikToker at 3pm, claiming she had the footage of their naked chat and asked Xie for S$5,000.

Soon after, a man who claimed to be a friend of the woman also called Xie and threatened him that he would only delete the footage if Xie made a transfer immediately.

Otherwise, the video will be leaked, the blackmailer told Xie, according to Shin Min.

It was only until Xie was blackmailed by the second TikToker via text on Mar. 6 again that he realised he had fallen victim to a scam, reported Shin Min.

Transferred S$1,500

Xie also shared with Shin Min that at the time, he was worried that the footage being leaked, so he bargained with the man and managed to reduce the ransom to S$2,500.

"Initially, he asked me to make the transfer within two hours. However, I only transferred S$1,500 on Monday because it was already quite late back then," Xie added.

However, after making the transfer, Xie's blackmailer threatened him again, asking for the remaining $1,000 or the photos would be leaked.

Xie's parents asked him to notify police

After being blackmailed by the second TikToker via text for S$4,000, Xie finally told his parents about his misfortunes, reported Shin Min.

"I didn't tell my wife, but when my parents knew about [what I did], they were very angry. My co-workers also called me stupid. My parents asked me to call the police and told me that I must have been scammed," shared Xie.

After discussing his situation with the police, Xie said he has stopped making transfers and blocked his blackmailers.

"They still tried to contact me via WhatsApp afterwards. However, I didn't bother to reply," Shin Min reported Xie as saying.

Image via Shin Min Daily News

Blackmail messages contain info of family & colleagues

Xie also told Shin Min that besides the footage of his naked chat, the text messages sent by his blackmailers also contained the names and phone numbers of more than 10 people in his contacts.

These individuals include his wife, parents, his manager, and colleagues.

However, Xie said he was puzzled by how the scammers managed to find out the information, as he did not download any apps during his chats, according to Shin Min.

The 52-year-old then deduced that his phone might have been hacked.

Top images via Shin Min Daily News