Two Singapore teens posed as minors on dating sites to lure ‘paedophiles’ and extort money from them


The two teenagers went on platforms such as Grindr and Telegram to commit their offences. - ST/ANN

SINGAPORE: Two teenage boys pretended to be minors on dating sites to lure “paedophiles” and extort money from them.

In one such incident, a 24-year-old man was duped into thinking that he was meeting a 15-year-old boy for sex.

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