The penalty of blackmail with pictures is characterized by the Turkish Penal Code with imprisonment from 1 year to 3 years and a judicial fine. The blackmailed victim must apply to the court to seek their rights. With the proof of the blackmail situation, the process is finalized by giving the necessary penalties.
For victims of blackmail, life can suddenly become much more difficult than it has always been. Fraudsters who make different demands of the blackmailed victim through an image, picture or video never stop asking.
A common mistake made by victims is to give in to the demands of blackmailers. Complying with the demands of the blackmailing fraudster in order to get rid of the blackmailed picture or other material of a different nature will lead to new demands. In this case, it is advisable to stop communicating with the scammers and quickly seek expert help.
How Can I Fight Picture Blackmail?
If you are being blackmailed with pictures, you should seek expert help in the process. Blackmail is a common method used by fraudsters. When dealing with blackmail, you should keep in mind that scammers do it all the time and that you are less experienced than them. So what should you do in this situation?
If you don't want to give in to blackmail but feel obliged to give in to what they want, stop for a few seconds and catch your breath. Any action you take in haste and panic will come back to haunt you. If you want to fight blackmail, seek professional help first. By managing the process with our experts, you can seek your rights through legal means without fulfilling the demands of fraudsters and without any loss.
I am being blackmailed with my pictures, what should I do?
If your pictures are in the hands of people who shouldn't have them and they are blackmailing you, you should first of all stay calm. We realize that this is a horrible situation that has happened to you for the first time. However, in such cases, it is not enough to fulfill the blackmailers' demands to get rid of them.
The scammers whose demands are fulfilled will appear shortly afterwards with new demands. If you do not want to continue to be a victim of blackmail, prepare to take a professional step. Try to record all communication with blackmailers. Remember that all kinds of communication records can be used as evidence in court.
Never Send Money!
One of the most common things blackmailers demand is money. After threatening you with your pictures, they may ask you for money and tell you that they will remove your pictures. The biggest mistake in such cases is to trust the blackmailers and pay them.
The process does not end after sending money to blackmailing criminals. On the contrary, the demand for money continues to increase. Sometimes they may demand in different currencies such as TL and sometimes Euro. In such cases, cut off communication by hanging up the phone and get expert help immediately.
Remember. They will not immediately give up on you just because you stop contacting them. They will continue to make requests from you by calling you again or by waiting a bit and making the same attempt again.
Get Expert Help Now!
If you are being blackmailed with your pictures, start by consulting our experts immediately. After receiving the necessary information with our experts, a plan is made for the process. All details such as how the process will be carried out, how the blackmailing fraudsters can be identified, how the legal processes will be carried out to claim rights from the fraudsters are planned at this stage.
After you decide to get expert help, process planning is done in a short time. All planning is done by our experienced and experienced teams. You should not forget that our technical teams know the fraudsters much better than you. They will act by knowing their demands and behavior patterns much better.
Getting help from our teams throughout the process will enable you to navigate the process in a more comfortable way both psychologically and financially. Act together with our experts to get rid of them without fulfilling the demands of fraudsters.
What is the punishment for picture blackmail?
The penalty for the crime of picture blackmail is determined as imprisonment from 1 year to 3 years and a judicial fine up to 5,000 days in accordance with Article 107 of the Turkish Penal Code. With the proof of the blackmail crime, the amount of the sentence imposed by the judge is determined within the scope of TCK 107 according to the status of the case.
In order for the crime of picture blackmail to be punishable and to apply to the court, it must be proved. All evidence of blackmail should be collected throughout the process and professional help should be sought to identify the blackmailers.