Blackmail / Threats in a romantic or friendly relationship on the internet
Verified 15 March 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
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Your relationship is only virtual
If someone you meet online demands money from you, you can file a complaint or report it.
Your recourse depends on the reason for this request for money.
This may be a threat of spreading compromising information (blackmail). Your contact can also try to convince you by lying about the motive and sending false documents.
Someone is threatening to reveal information that is detrimental to your honor, in order to get money.
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You're an adult
Has this person ever asked you for money for any other reason?
No, the money claimed only relates to this threat (or blackmail of the same type)
Such acts may be described as blackmail or online blackmail.
This offense is to obtain or attempt to obtain money by threatening to reveal or impute facts that may harm the honor or consideration of the victim.
In your situation, you can file a complaint, report or contact Info Scams.
File online blackmail complaint (THESEE)
You can also file a complaint by visiting on-site or by post.
Yes, that person has already solicited you using false motives or false documents
If you have already paid money to this person for other reasons (sending fraudulent documents for example), you are the victim of acts that can be described as fraud and blackmail.
They are also called romance scam and online blackmail.
In this situation, you can file a complaint or make a report.
- The complaint is the act by which a victim of an offense informs the judicial authority.
When you file a complaint, you must give your identity. This approach is binding on you and investigators can contact you. The complaint also provides an opportunity to seek compensation for the damage suffered and to be informed of the follow-up given to the case. - The alert consists solely in informing the investigation services of the existence of an infringement. You can remain anonymous. You will not be informed of the outcome of the case. You will not be able to claim compensation.
File a complaint for a scam with online blackmail (THESEE)
You can also file a complaint by visiting on-site or by post.
You're a minor
You never paid any money
Such acts may be described as blackmail or online blackmail.
This offense is to obtain or attempt to obtain money by threatening to reveal or impute facts that may harm the honor or consideration of the victim.
In your situation, you can complain, report or contact Info Scams.
You've already paid him money for another reason
If before this application you had already paid him money for other reasons (sending fraudulent documents for example), you are a de facto victim who can be described as a scam and blackmail.
They are also called romance scam and online blackmail.
In your situation, you can complain or make a report.
- The complaint is the act by which a victim of an offense informs the judicial authority.
When you file a complaint, you must give your identity. This approach is binding on you and investigators can contact you. The complaint also provides an opportunity to seek compensation for the damage suffered and to be informed of the follow-up given to the case. - The alert consists solely in informing the investigation services of the existence of an infringement. You can remain anonymous. You will not be informed of the outcome of the case. You will not be able to claim compensation.
You can also call Info Scams.
Who shall I contact
By telephone
0 805 805 817
Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6:30 pm.
Toll-free dial-in number (free from the UK).
Please note
if the threats do not relate to a request for money, lodge a complaint with a police station or gendarmerie or by mail.
Someone is asking you for money, and to convince you, they sent you fraudulent documents.
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You're an adult
Demand for money - Threat to damage your honor
If, on the other hand, you have been asked for money by threatening to damage your honor, you are a de facto victim that can be described as a scam and blackmail. They are also called romance scam and online blackmail".
In this situation, you can file a complaint or make a report.
- The complaint is the act by which a victim of an offense informs the judicial authority.
When you file a complaint, you must give your identity. This approach is binding on you and investigators can contact you. The complaint also provides an opportunity to seek compensation for the damage suffered and to be informed of the follow-up given to the case. - The alert consists solely in informing the investigation services of the existence of an infringement. You can remain anonymous. You will not be informed of the outcome of the case. You will not be able to claim compensation.
File a complaint for a scam with online blackmail (THESEE)
You can also file a complaint by visiting on-site or by post.
Report a Sentiment Swindle Online (THESEE)
You can also call Info Scams.
Who shall I contact
By telephone
0 805 805 817
Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6:30 pm.
Toll-free dial-in number (free from the UK).
Demand for money without threats
These facts can be described as a scam of feelings.
In your situation, you can file a complaint, report or contact Info Scams.
- The complaint is the act by which a victim of an offense informs the judicial authority.
When you file a complaint, you must give your identity. This approach is binding on you and investigators can contact you. The complaint also provides an opportunity to seek compensation for the damage suffered and to be informed of the follow-up given to the case. - The alert consists solely in informing the investigation services of the existence of an infringement. You can remain anonymous. You will not be informed of the outcome of the case. You will not be able to claim compensation.
File a complaint for a feeling scam (THESEE)
You can also file a complaint by visiting on-site or by post.
Report a Sentiment Swindle (THESEE)
You can also call Info Scams.
Who shall I contact
By telephone
0 805 805 817
Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6:30 pm.
Toll-free dial-in number (free from the UK).
You're a minor
Demand for money - Threat to damage your honor
If, on the other hand, you have been asked for money by threatening to damage your honor, you are a de facto victim that can be described as a scam and blackmail. They are also called romance scam and online blackmail".
In your situation, you can complain, report or contact Info Scams.
- The complaint is the act by which a victim of an offense informs the judicial authority.
When you file a complaint, you must give your identity. This approach is binding on you and investigators can contact you. The complaint also provides an opportunity to seek compensation for the damage suffered and to be informed of the follow-up given to the case. - The alert consists solely in informing the investigation services of the existence of an infringement. You can remain anonymous. You will not be informed of the outcome of the case. You will not be able to claim compensation.
Report a Sentiment Swindle Online (THESEE)
You can also call Info Scams.
Who shall I contact
By telephone
0 805 805 817
Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6:30 pm.
Toll-free dial-in number (free from the UK).
Demand for money without threats
These facts can be described as a scam of feelings.
In your situation, you can complain, report or contact Info Scams.
Report a Sentiment Swindle (THESEE)
You can also call Info Scams.
Who shall I contact
By telephone
0 805 805 817
Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6:30 pm.
Toll-free dial-in number (free from the UK).
You've met before
If you consider yourself a victim of someone contacted via the Internet and then met physically, you can file a complaint against that person.
On the spot
To file a complaint, you must go to the police station or to the gendarme of your choice.
Police or gendarmerie services are obliged to register your complaint if you are a victim of infringement.
The complaint is then forwarded to the public prosecutor for him to decide on what to do next (investigation, no follow-up classification, etc.).
If you don't know the perpetrator, you can fill out a online pre-complaint before you move.
Then you need to sign your complaint on-site in the police station or the gendarmerie brigade that you chose.
By mail
You can file a complaint with the public prosecutor.
To do this, you must send an email to the court of law of the place of the offense or of the domicile of the offender.
Who shall I contact
Your mail should include the following:
- Your marital status and full contact information (address and telephone number)
- Detailed account of the facts, date and place of the offense
- Name of the alleged perpetrator if known (otherwise, the complaint will be filed against X)
- Name and address of any witnesses to the offense
- Description and provisional or definitive estimate of the damage
- Your proof documents: medical certificates, work stoppages, photographs, videos, miscellaneous invoices, findings, etc.
You can use the following mail template:
File a complaint with the public prosecutor
You can send your complaint by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, by simple letter or by letter followed.
You can also file your complaint directly at the courthouse.
In any case, a receipt is given to you as soon as the Public Prosecutor's Office has registered your complaint.
You can also call Info Scams.
Who shall I contact
By telephone
0 805 805 817
Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6:30 pm.
Toll-free dial-in number (free from the UK).