Identity theft, phone sex | Julie (20) surprised by phone sex service

– Sorry to send you a message, but I just want to tell you that I have seen a photo of you being used in a phone sex service. So I was wondering if you do that.

This message was received by an unsuspecting Julie Vik in her Instagram inbox from “Erik”, a random man she has never had contact with before.

– Hello! What kind of image is this? I don’t do any of that, no, Vik replied to the message.

It all started with a woman connected to the phone sex service through Messenger who offered “Erik” a conversation with “Connie.” The online newspaper has seen the record of conversations between the two, but has chosen to anonymize the man according to its own wishes.

“Erik” asked if he could see a picture of “Connie”, who was supposed to be available for phone sex. The only problem is that “Connie” doesn’t exist. The photo that “Erik” sent her was of Julie Vik, and is taken from her Instagram profile.

Soon after, “Erik” realized where he had seen “Connie” before and decided to report to Vik on Instagram:

– It’s disgusting to think about that, Vik tells Nettavisen.

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– It is my little sister who has taken the photo, with my family in a restaurant. There’s a good moment behind this image, and then it’s kind of disgusting to think that it’s used in such a context and that you have so little control. I choose to be open on social media, but to use it that way, you don’t think such a thing can happen.

Unlike celebrities who are in some cases abused in marketing, Vik is not known to the public, but has more than 22,000 followers on a public Instagram profile and otherwise has a completely normal job in Oslo.

– I am afraid that people in my family or who know me have taken this photo and think it is something I do with a different name. It’s very disgusting to think about, Vik tells Nettavisen.

She wants to share her story to warn other Norwegian girls. She doesn’t think she is the only one who is being abused in this way:

– I was a bit surprised and started to wonder what kind of images they really use here, says Vik.

– It may well happen that this also happens to my friends, but I’m so lucky to have people tell me about it. It’s very lucky that someone said it, but it probably happens to many more than me too. It is very sad.

– for a mistake

The woman who was in contact with “Erik” was affiliated with Koseprat.no. The online newspaper has contacted the company that owns the domain, Abacom AS. The company itself declined to comment on Nettavisen, but referred us to the company’s attorney, Ingvild Opøien. The lawyer clarifies to Nettavisen that the woman who sent Julie’s photo to “Erik” is not an employee of the company, but an “autonomous consultant who runs her business at her own risk.”

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She denies Abacom’s responsibility for the incident and says that Koseprat runs through “various consultants”:

– It is clear from the record that a client contacted a consultant on Messenger and that the consultant at the client’s request sent photos. Among these attached photos is a photo of an outsider, according to his information Julie Vik. The consultancy reports that she mistakenly submitted this image because she was in / because of an ad that was downloaded on her site, Opøien writes in an email to Nettavisen.

– She had not downloaded the image, but the ad. She did not know that the image was sent along with the other images. She reports that she has not sent this photo to other people. It has only been sent this time, on request, by mistake: it was night and I was tired. Confirm that the image does not exist and / or will not be available on any electronic platform related to it and your business. He is very sorry and of course he has removed the ad / image, says lawyer.

Subsequently, the lawyer informs Nettavisen that the company has terminated the contract with the consultancy as a result of the incident.

The online newspaper has tried to contact the woman who sent the photo, but received no response on Messenger.

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Animal sex and international models

The online newspaper mentioned Koseprat.no as early as 2009. At the time, former phone sex hostesses said they should pretend to be between ten and twelve years old.

On the Koseprat website it says that it is the couple Yngvild and Rolf Fjordheim who run the site.

A search of public records indicates that the two do not exist. This also appears in a Dagbladet case in 2011, where it was also claimed that Koseprat offered fart and sex with animals over the phone.

In both cases, the company has informed the relevant consultants, Opøien tells Nettavisen. In total, there have been four reviews against the consultants. All are fired.

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In addition to the fact that Norwegian Vik has been used against her will in the commercialization of phone sex, several international models that are Norwegian people with connections to the company have also been posted on Koseprat’s Facebook page.

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“Rikke is one of our several new girls this summer. Charming, infectious, playful free-spirited creature. If you want, you can.” says in a post on July 12 this year, with a photo of “Rikke”:

Actually, “Rikke” is the American model Kinsey Wolanski with more than four million followers on Instagram (press the gray arrow to see photo number two). Here you have also received the blue “verification” symbol, which indicates that the identity has been confirmed by Instagram:

In a post on January 16, the website promises a conversation with the new 22-year-old “Nora” from Molde.

Instead, “Nora” is called Natalia Zasadzka and has an Instagram profile with more than 275,000 followers:

Vik tells Nettavisen that he has been in contact with the police and is now considering reporting the use of photographs of her.

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A few days after Nettavisen first contacted Koseprat regarding Vik, they posted the following message on his Facebook account:

The Danish Data Protection Agency responds

– This is identity theft, at the same time it is deeply offensive. Julie Vik’s recommendation is to report the incident to the police.

Janne Stang Dahl, director of communications for the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, told Nettavisen.

– It is not allowed to spread information about a person in the form of an image in this way. It is a crime to use another person’s identity or an identity that is easily mistaken for another’s identity to obtain so-called unjustified gains or to inflict another disadvantage. We have a separate provision in the Penal Code on identity theft (§ 202).

It states that images on the Internet are easy to spread, that the Data Inspectorate receives many incidents of misuse of images online:

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If someone has posted or shared photos, movies, or anything else about you online without permission, you can follow these tips:

one. Contact the person who shared the information
Do you know who posted the unwanted information about you? Contact the person and request that the information be removed.

two. Contact the website or app owners.
If you do not know who published the information, or if they do not want to know about you, you can contact the website (domain) where the information is published. To find out who owns a Norwegian domain, you can go to the Norwegian whois database.

3. Contact someone who can help
Slettmeg.no provides tips and help to remove unwanted information online. They have a lot of good guides and removal guides on how to proceed to delete information even on various websites and apps.

If you have tried all of the above, but the person who posted the information about you does not want to remove it anyway, you can contact us at the Norwegian Data Protection Authority. Then attach any written correspondence you have with the person or people who have posted something about you.

The Conflict Council can also help you resolve deadlocked conflicts, be it a crime or a civil conflict. They facilitate meetings in which you yourself through dialogue can find good solutions. Conflict Council is a free government service for all people of all ages. Contact your local conflict council for more information on how they can help you. Many netness cases end up at the Conflict Council.

Four. Contact the police
If you believe that the information posted is so serious that it should be removed quickly, you should contact the police. Take screenshots and document who has shared, and where and when it has been shared. Contact the police by calling 02800 or report to the nearest police station.

You can read more about unwanted incidents online at our external online resource dubestemmer.no

(Source: datatilsynet.no)

– It’s easy to copy an image online and put it in a different context. No one has the right to share other people’s photos online without their consent. Furthermore, it should always be considered whether it is ethically correct to transmit the images. In this case, it is clearly not correct, says Stang Dahl.