Victims typically lured into taking off their clothes in front of their webcam allowing the fraudster to record a video. A threat is made to publish the video with false allegations of paedophilia unless money is paid. French police say they are being told of incidents every day with most probably going unreported. One victim, a 28-year-old man, is willing to speak about his experience but wishes to remain anonymous. Reputation Squad has received an alarming number of calls from lonely hearts after they were persuaded to reveal too much of themselves online.”]
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9751569.stm