The Interior Ministry described the algorithm of actions of parents in case of threats to the child: in case of blackmail of a child, parents must keep data about what happened

Parents whose children have been the victims of threats or blackmail should not remain silent, but should immediately contact the police. This was announced by the head of the department for preventing the spread of destructive and prohibited information on the Internet of the Department for Combating Cybercrime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Anton Rastaschenov.

According to Mr. Rastaschenov, the application should be submitted to the territorial police department at the place of residence or residence of the child. The appeal should describe in detail all the circumstances of the incident and attach the saved materials that can serve as evidence.

Particular attention should be paid to the preservation of correspondence if the contact occurred through the Internet, social networks or messengers. It is important not to delete chat rooms where threats have been made. In addition, you need to record the phone numbers from which the calls were received, and the email addresses of the attackers.

If the child transferred money at the request of fraudsters, it is necessary to save bank details, date and time of transactions. The more information collected, the higher the chances of solving the crime and identifying the perpetrators.

The Interior Ministry stressed that it is unacceptable to ignore such incidents, since, having intimidated one child, criminals move to others. At the same time, assistance to the investigation can help to avoid criminal liability for victims of fraudulent schemes associated with droppership.