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Three cases in half a year using "The Fifth Personality", er girl nude photos, to disassemble the reasons why young players tend to fall into traps

2021-04-22T12:28:20.419Z


In the past six months in Hong Kong, there have been three cases involving the mobile game "Fifth Personality" tricking children into providing nude photos. The police pointed out that a 13-year-old boy was arrested yesterday. He met 3 victims in the game, falsely claiming to be


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Written by: Ling Yide

2021-04-22 18:12

Last update date: 2021-04-22 18:12

In the past six months in Hong Kong, there have been three cases involving the mobile game "Fifth Personality" tricking children into providing nude photos.

The police pointed out that a 13-year-old boy was arrested yesterday. He met 3 victims in the game, falsely claiming that they could provide them with parade weapons and equipment and request them to take nude photos or videos.

In October last year, a 37-year-old primary school teacher in Sham Shui Po used the game to find girls, and then used game weapons to lure at least seven underage girls to take indecent photos and videos.

Some "Fifth Personality" players said that the game emphasizes collaboration. In order to win in the scene, players usually keep talking. It is not ruled out that underage children become prey of criminals.

Some experts also said that young players are "born to death" in the game, and easily build trust and relationships, so they let go of their guards. If someone is unscrupulous and deceived with game equipment, children will easily fall into the trap.

"The Fifth Personality" was launched in July 2018 as an escape game.

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Some "Fifth Personality" players said that the content of the game is similar to hide and seek. The players are divided into two camps, one is human (4 players), and the other is monsters (1 player). In order to win the game, 4 human players usually will Keep the call completed in cooperation. In many cases, in addition to typing, players will also make phone calls or voice calls, so players will exchange contact methods and communicate privately.

There is no shortage of elementary and middle school students in this game, and it is not ruled out that underage children become the prey of criminals.

The player also revealed that generally the so-called game equipment or weapons that criminals can provide are only clothes purchased with points in the game store, which mainly changes the appearance of the character, and does not actually enhance the ability of the character.

Players continue to point out that "Fifth Personality" is a game developed in the mainland and is very popular in the mainland. In recent years, many primary and middle school students browse mainland apps, such as Douyin, and they do not rule out being exposed to the game.

Zheng Anran, director of life education at the Marriage Ethics Resource Center of the Hong Kong Sexual Culture Association, said that "The Fifth Personality" is popular among primary school students in Hong Kong. Compared with secondary school students, more primary school students participate in this game.

He pointed out that the game has a voice function and requires players to talk while playing. In the process of "birth to death" and "teamwork", players can easily establish trust and feelings, so they can put their guard down. If you are deceived, children are easy to fall into the trap.

Zheng Anran pointed out that "The Fifth Personality" is a "12+" game in the App Store. It can only be downloaded at the age of 12, but in fact it is useless. It is recommended that parents should pay attention to their children's game dynamics, which games to play, and pay more attention. News, share new information with your children, and make suggestions on how to deal with it. Don’t accuse news victims of being "stupid," lest your children dare not share it when things happen.

Zheng An also pointed out that children lack face-to-face interaction with friends during the suspension of classes, and their interpersonal needs cannot be met. Therefore, cases involving children during the epidemic are more common than in the past. Parents are advised to care more about their children and satisfy their hearts.

A 13-year-old boy arrested for using the "Fifth Personality" game weapon to lure 3 girls to take nude photos

Netizens falsely claimed that they sent the mobile game "Fifth Personality" props to lure 11-year-old female movie indecent photos and threatened to put them online

Teacher involved in playing "The Fifth Personality" to trick girls into nude photos, suspected of containing more than 20 indecent items on their mobile phones and computers

A 37-year-old elementary school teacher played "The Fifth Personality" for 2 years and used virtual weapons to lure 7 girls into nude photos

Lure 8-year-old girl to pass indecent exchange of weapon of "Fifth Personality" 37-year-old man in Ngau Tau Kok was arrested

Criminals have used "Fifth Personality" to deceive children into nude photos in both Hong Kong and Taiwan

In the past six months in Hong Kong, there have been 3 incidents of using "Fifth Personality" to solicit nude photos from children.

Yesterday (21st) the police arrested a 13-year-old boy. He met 3 underage girls in "The Fifth Personality". From December last year to March this year, he was able to provide them with game weapons and equipment to lure them Ask the girl to take nude photos or videos. After receiving the photos or videos, the boys did not send game weapons or equipment to the victims. Instead, they would publicize the clips to threaten the victims to provide more nude photos or videos. The victims then called the police for help.

In February of this year, the police received a report from an 11-year-old girl who claimed to have met a netizen while playing the phone game "Fifth Personality". The other party falsely claimed that they could provide rare props and request indecent self-portrait photos and videos from the girl.

The girl took and sent indecent photos 10 times. The other party did not give away any props, and threatened that if the girl no longer provided indecent photos, she would post the photos and videos received earlier on the Internet. Later, he was aware of the incident and reported to the police for help. No one has been arrested yet.

In October last year, a 37-year-old primary school teacher in Sham Shui Po met players through "The Fifth Personality", and then used game weapons to induce underage girls to take indecent photos and videos.

A parent later discovered that there was a bare photo of his daughter in the phone and called the police.

The New Territories South Regional Crime Squad arrested the man after investigation, and found multiple indecent photos in his mobile phone, estimated to involve the victimization of 7 underage girls.

In addition to Hong Kong, according to Taiwanese media reports, a Taiwan elementary school girl was asked by a male player surnamed Qiu to take pictures of her naked breasts and lower body at home when she was playing "The Fifth Personality." The netizen chatted, and the other party asked "she" to provide nude photos. His father asked Qiu Nan to show his true identity before providing the nude photos. Qiu Nan gave him a photo of his ID card. The girl's father immediately called the police and successfully arrested Qiu Nan.

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