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Woman in SG pretends to be a man and gets ‘girlfriend’ to send nude videos then tries to extort money from her

By Samuel Devaraj
Phang caused the victim to lose over S$4,000. — KELVIN CHNG/The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: She befriended a “man” purportedly named Leon Ho Kai Jun online, developed feelings for “him” and sent over naked pictures and videos of herself.

But “Leon” turned out to be a woman, who used the pictures and videos to try to extort money from the victim.

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