 The scammers send these images to families with a ransom demand. Australian police have released some of these photos and videos with the faces blurred out. It's very strange looking at them, knowing that the people who are apparently tied up on the floor in their underwear are actually faking it. These virtual kidnapping cases sound so far-fetched, almost unbelievable. How could anybody believe that a police officer, of all people, is telling you to do this?