‘In shock’: Irish lad’s one night stand turns into €10k sex scandal

An unnamed Cork man has spoken to Irish radio about how a one night stand with a stranger turned into a thousand euro sex scandal. 

The young man has revealed to RedFM that he is considering police intervention after a chance encounter with a stranger turned out to be too good to be true. 

According to the Irish Independent, the man is being black mailed by a Polish woman in her twenties that he met over social media. 

"I was in [Cork city] getting something to eat. I checked into a restaurant Wi-fi and got a message from her saying you are in the city centre – I am too, would you like to meet," he said.

"I said: 'Yes, come along.' She came over and we were chatting away. We went off together and two pints turned into about 18.

"She said would you like to come back to my friend's house. We went back there. I won't say what happened."

The man said that he considered the rendezvous as a one night stand and did not think too much of it after it happened. 

"She was grand after that night. I totally forgot about it until yesterday when she sent me a message."

"She said she would ring me through messenger. I wasn't in the form as I was half asleep. She kept ringing, ringing and ringing. I kept hanging up.

"Then I answered a  call and as I was looking at phone, I said 'what the hell is going on here'. There she was starkers lying on a bed.

"She started going to town on herself if you get me and I was like 'right okay'. I watched and it went on for two or three minutes. She was asking me to do stuff. I was reluctant and said 'no I am not into this at all.' She kept going on for another few minutes. Next thing she just stopped and the camera went off."

As it turns out, the call was all part of an internet scam by the woman to catch the young man out. A short time later, the woman got in touch again. 

"She was saying 'do not end this call, you are under great threat and all this kind of stuff.' She played a video of me watching her and said I will release this video to all your family members and the people of Cork," he said.

"She named most of my family members that she must have got on (social media) and sent me a long list of names.

"Then she demanded €5,000 or she was going to release the video and let it go viral. She never gave me an account number but kept asking have you paid yet? She then demanded €10,000."

The man has refused to pay but continues to be threatened. He is considering taking the incident to the guards.

While this story might sound fantastical, according to many reports scams like this one are becoming increasingly common.