Behind the visor
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ.
He was a young man looking for an exciting rendezvous on the dating app, Grindr. But within minutes of meeting his love match, he knew something was horribly wrong. What followed was a terrifying ordeal of beatings, torment, and robbery from which he escaped alive but with deep psychological scars. Whatโs more, heโs not the only victim: In a worrying trend, opportunistic criminals are using online dating apps to โcatfishโ, blackmail and rob people whose only desire is to find love or a fleeting romance. Many of those whoโve fallen victim to these crimes say theyโve received little support from the police, and the app developers are refusing responsibility. In a special two-part report, Carte Blanche investigates.
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