The Mexican Tennis Federation introduced on Wednesday that it had cancelled a junior match that was being performed within the central state of Guanajuato after 10 gamers, all underage, and a coach, have been victims of a “digital” kidnapping.
Digital kidnapping is an extortion scheme that methods the victims into paying a ransom to free a member of the family whom they consider is threatened with violence or demise. In contrast to conventional abductions, digital kidnappers, some inside prisons, don’t abduct anybody, however try by way of deception to realize their aim.
The J30 or Juniors 30 match, the lowest-ranked match underneath the Worldwide Tennis Federation’s umbrella, was being held within the metropolis of Irapuato.
The gamers and their coach are from the central state of Queretaro, and all are again at their properties, the Mexican federation stated.