Victims of Grindr underage blackmail gang

[brnbk]

 

 

 

 

The sad and shocking reality of the gay app world. It is sad that Grindr is refusing to support the bereaved partner and his fight for justice for his late partner. 

Some of the things Grindr can do is to share information about:

• how many people has this underage profile/person contacted on Grindr? 
• how long have they been on Grindr?
• have there been any complains against this person/profile? 

Grindr makes money off gay men and their sexual activities. It is time it protects their interests as well, and from the danger of sextortion i.e. Extortion based on sexual blackmail. Does Grindr even have a policy on sextortion?

 

 

[think before following links] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20k1zzr415o

[Rillion]

I was chatting with someone on Grindr whose profile said he was 20. After a few messages he let me know he was 17. I told him I don't chat with minors and he called me a coward. I blocked and reported him. For all I know it could have been one of these blackmail schemes or even law enforcement. I suspect it was not an actual 17 year old, as a smart one of those would not have admitted it. 

[Seedthissub]

aounds like a scam and you were smart not to talk to him. Ive had guys try to scam and blackmail me.

[PozToxVersPig]

This is largely being run by the same scammers who do this for prostitution rings.  The other format it can take is:

1. TARGET is engaging in elicit / illegal behavior - straight people get hit with hiring prostitutes, they are target gays will to engaging with those of questionable age.
2. SCAMMER may purport to be 18+ (or legal age in locality) - laws resoundingly state that even if the SCAMMER lied to the TARGET about their age, the TARGET is responsible for validating the age.  TARGET is still prosecutable for sexual assault + statutory rape even if the SCAMMER provides a fake ID, has a profile that states they are of age, tells them directly verbally or in writing.  [IF YOU HAVE DOUBT, shut it down.]
3. In the online cases, it gets a little bit more malicious.  SCAMMERS in these cases are likely well over legal age and would never engage you for sexual activities.  What they do have is your email communications back and forth, and if you've exchanged emails or phone number, they now have the ablity to back-trace you and get all you, your family, your workplace info.
4. SCAMMER is blackmailing you to avoid your exposure for engaging in communication with someone underage.  Often the scammer will then send messages with your personal information, your family names and phone numbers, etc.  
5. They are looking for a payoff to keep quiet and are unlikely to ever expose you - they aren't that sophisticated.

For straight males, this happened a lot with female prostitutes.  The next day, guys would get text messages with pictures of chopped off heads, addresses of family members, etc. telling them that not only did they want money, but ALSO, that they would personally go after their family and friends and kill or cause harm to them.

In the Gay male case, it's more about exposure, embarrassment, etc.  For me, I avoid certain topics entirely when online for this reason.  We all know how anything taken out of context doesn't get its full explanation.

Be safe out there.