Online dating blackmail
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request reference: 23/0676
Version date: 05/06/2023
The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information:
1) For the calendar year 2022, please tell me how many crimes and incidents of alleged blackmail you have recorded which made reference to one (or more) of the following online dating applications in the MO and/or the "investigation summary field"/free-text space:
a) Tinder
b) Bumble
c) Grindr
d) Plenty of Fish
e) OKCupid
f) Hinge
Please provide a breakdown by dating site.
|
Dating Site / App |
Total |
|
Bumble |
1 |
|
Grindr |
3 |
|
Hinge |
5 |
|
Ok Cupid |
- |
|
Plenty of Fish |
3 |
|
Tinder |
6 |
2) For the last ten crimes and incidents, please can you provide a verbatim copy of the "investigation summary field" and/or the modus operani (MO)? Please redact private information so the summary can be released without triggering an exemption.
|
Occurrence Summary |
|
Sextortion |
|
Sextortion |
|
Sextortion |
|
Sextortion |
|
Sextortion - Out of UK |
|
Romance Scam |
|
Sextortion |
|
Sextortion |
|
Blackmail - Blackmail to Cover Scam |
|
Sextortion |