The police say that they have received over 70 reports from victims who were sent extortion letters containing manipulated obscene photos of themselves.
Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan , as well as MPs Tan Wu Meng and Edward Chia posted on Facebook on Saturday saying that they have received such letters and have lodged police reports.
The police said late Friday night that the letters, which were sent by post to the victims' workplaces, contained pictures of the victims' faces superimposed onto obscene photographs of a man and a woman purportedly in an “intimate and compromising position”.If the victims contact the email address, they would be asked to transfer money to prevent"compromising photographs and videos" of themselves from being leaked and exposed on social media, the police said.
In a Facebook video on Saturday, Dr Tan, an MP for Jurong GRC, said he also received a letter with"fake photos and threats".
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