Hyderabad, July 11 -- A 23-year-old software engineer from Narsingi in Hyderabad allegedly lost Rs 9.2 lakh to cyber fraudsters in a sextortion scam after they recorded a brief video call and threatened to circulate an edited clip among his family and friends.

According to a complaint lodged with the Cyberabad Cybercrime Police, the victim received a WhatsApp video call from an unknown number on July 3.

The complainant told police that an unidentified woman on the call suddenly began undressing and urged him to do the same. The call lasted only about 15 seconds before it was disconnected.

Soon afterwards, another person called from the same number and shared an edited video clip of the interaction, threatening to circulate it among the...