You were on a video call. You showed yourself. She recorded it without your knowledge. Now she's demanding money.
This is one of the most reported cybercrimes in Pakistan. You are not alone. Here is exactly what to do.
Recording someone without their knowledge during a private interaction is a crime in Pakistan under PECA 2016. You did not consent to being recorded. The criminal committed the offence — not you.
Pakistani society still attaches shame to this, but the law is clear: the person recording and blackmailing is the criminal. Full stop.
Usually a few seconds to a minute of video. Sometimes just a screenshot. They will claim they have hours of footage — they almost certainly do not. The threat is designed to be maximally frightening, not necessarily accurate about what they actually hold.
Most don't follow through. It costs them time and generates no money. Their business model is payment, not distribution. However:
The entire operation depends on you being too ashamed to tell anyone or report to authorities. This shame is the criminal's only real weapon. When you report — to FIA, to a trusted person — you remove the weapon.
FIA Cybercrime investigators have seen thousands of these cases. They do not judge. They prosecute.
PECA 2016 Section 21: sharing intimate images without consent — 5 years, PKR 5M
PECA 2016 Section 24: cyber harassment — 1 year, PKR 1M
PPC Section 503: criminal intimidation — 2 years
PPC Section 384: extortion — 3 years