Recently, I was blackmailed online, and the other party said that I would call the police and force me to ask for money. What should I do?

Extortion refers to the illegal possession of the victim's public or private property by means of intimidation, threat or coercion for the purpose of illegal possession. If the parties use QQ, WeChat and other chat software to intimidate, threaten or coerce the victim, forcing the victim to deliver the property out of fear, it constitutes the accomplished crime of extortion. If the victim fails to hand over the property to the offender, it is an attempted extortion. The attempted offender of the crime of extortion may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment compared with the accomplished offender, but he shall cooperate with the investigation by the public security organ.

Therefore, if the victim really wants the case to be true, he will first transfer the money to the other party's bank account according to the request of the perpetrator, and then report it to the public security organ with the chat, SMS content and transfer record of the perpetrator. As for the amount of money, it depends on the specific economic strength of the victim. If the amount involved is more than 2,000 yuan and less than 5,000 yuan, it is a "relatively large amount" and is sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If the amount involved is more than 30,000 yuan to 654.38+10,000 yuan, it is a "huge amount" and is sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years; Those who spend more than 300,000 yuan and less than 500,000 yuan are "extremely huge" and are sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of 10 years or more.

The reference materials are as follows:

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 274? Whoever extorts a large amount of public or private property or repeatedly extorts it for extortion shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years and fined.

Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Extortion (Law Interpretation [20 13] 10)

Article 1 Whoever extorts or extorts public or private property in an amount of more than 2,000 yuan but less than 5,000 yuan, more than 30,000 yuan but less than 100,000 yuan, and more than 300,000 yuan but less than 500,000 yuan shall be deemed as "a large amount", "a huge amount" and "a particularly huge amount" as stipulated in Article 274 of the Criminal Law respectively.

The higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, according to the local economic development and social security, jointly study and determine the specific amount standards implemented in their respective regions within the scope of the amount specified in the preceding paragraph, and report them to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.