MP PHONE SEX STING.. HOW MANY MORE?
Security fears as police step up search for honeytrappers
SCOTLAND Yard launched a honeytrap probe after a Tory MP said he was pressured into sharing colleagues’ numbers.
Several Labour and Tory MPs, Parliamentary staff and journalists received flirtatious messages from a mysterious number.
Two politicians are understood to have sent X-rated pictures.
Now MPs who believe they have been targeted are being urged to contact police, amid fears there may be more victims.
Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Alicia Kearns said she fears the scam could be the work of foreign spies.
MP William Wragg admitted he was scared when a stranger he met on dating app Grindr demanded details of MPs, Westminster staff and journalists.
The Met said it is liaising with Leicestershire Police, which was already investigating an allegation that an MP had been targeted.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said: “The events of the last few days have been a great cause for concern. The MP involved has given a courageous apology.
“But the lesson here for all MPs is that they need to be very careful about cyber-security.”
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Scotland Yard confirmed it is in contact with Leicestershire Police and Parliamentary Security “following reporting of unsolicited messages to members of Parliament”.
On Wednesday, the Politico site reported that six men had been contacted by people identifying themselves as “Charlie” or “Abi”.
They claimed to have previously spoken to their victim, before becoming flirtatious and sending explicit images. Mr Wragg, MP for Hazel Grove in Greater Manchester, told The Times he exchanged pictures with a stranger.
He admitted he passed on some numbers after being pressured by the scammer, adding: “They had compromising things on me. They wouldn’t leave me alone.
“He’s manipulated me and now I’ve hurt other people.”
Treasury minister Gareth Davies said of Mr Wragg yesterday: “He is continuing as a Conservative MP and it’s right that there’s an investigation into what happened.
“He has rightly apologised and, as I say, that’s a matter for Will Wragg and the party generally.”
They would not leave me alone and now I have hurt people
WILLIAM WRAGG WAS TARGETED BY SCAMMER