Victim of attempted blackmail warns of dangers of online dating

The victim of an attempted blackmailing has gone public to warn men of the dangers of meeting people online.

The man, known only as ‘Gary’, came forward yesterday to reveal that a woman whom he had met through Facebook had recorded a video call during which she stripped naked and performed sex acts on herself.

She threatened to release the video of Gary watching her to the public unless he paid her €5,000.