Random video chat safety
Random video chat means being on camera with someone you know nothing about, who may be recording. Almost every bad outcome comes down to eight habits.
1. Look at your background before you look at the camera
This is the one people skip, and it gives away more than anything you say. Visible post with your address, a delivery box with a label, a house number through a window, a work lanyard, a school uniform, a distinctive view. Turn your camera on, look at your own preview as a stranger would, and move if you need to. A blank wall is the safest background there is.
2. Assume you are being recorded
You cannot prevent screen recording on the other end, on any platform, ever. That is not a flaw in this app — it is how video works. So the rule is simple: do not do anything on camera you would not want saved. Decide that before you start, not in the moment.
3. Never share identifying details
No real surname, address, workplace, school, or social media handles. Be careful with the small ones too — your employer plus your first name plus your city is often enough to find you. If someone pushes for these early, that is the signal to skip, not to negotiate.
4. Know the sextortion script
It is consistent enough to recognise in advance, which is most of the defence. It runs: fast escalation to something sexual, encouragement to move to another app, a request to undress or perform, and then a demand for money backed by a claimed recording and a list of your contacts.
If it happens: stop responding, do not pay, do not negotiate. Paying marks you as someone who pays and the demands continue. Screenshot the profile and messages, block, and report to the platform. In the UK report to the police on 101; in the US, to the FBI at ic3.gov. If the person targeted is under 18, contact the NCMEC CyberTipline immediately — that is a child protection matter, not an embarrassment to manage privately.
It is worth knowing that this is an organised, high-volume operation run against thousands of people at once. It is not personal, and being targeted says nothing about you.
5. Never send money. No exceptions
Not gift cards, not crypto, not a "temporary loan", not a fee to unlock something, not a payment to verify you are real. Every genuine feature is paid for inside the app itself. Any request to pay a person rather than the platform is a scam, with no realistic exceptions.
6. Keep it on the platform
Requests to move to WhatsApp, Telegram, Snapchat or email early in a conversation are the most reliable warning sign there is. Off-platform there is no moderation, no reporting, and no record. The scam needs you off-platform to work, which is exactly why it is asked for so quickly.
7. Use the controls you already have
- Skip immediately — there is no cost to it and you owe nobody a conversation
- Report anyone who pressures, threatens, or appears underage
- Revoke camera access any time from the padlock in your browser's address bar
- Cover your camera when you are done, if that gives you peace of mind
- Use headphones, so your side of the call is not audible to your household
8. If someone looks underage, leave and report
Skip immediately and report the account. Do not engage first, do not try to confirm it, and do not keep any of it. Both this site and the chat are strictly for adults aged 18 or over, and the app verifies age — but no verification is perfect, and reporting is what makes it work.
A note on what we can and cannot tell you
The chat is operated by Flirtbees, not by us. Its moderation, age verification and reporting tools are theirs, and we cannot act on reports — use the report function inside the app, and their support channel for anything serious. The advice on this page is general to random video chat and applies wherever you use it.