Catfished! Girls Scam ISIS on Social Media for Travel Money

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www.yahoo.com/travel/catfished-girls-scam-isis-on-social-media-for-125374397897.html


If you’re low on funds for that big vacation, you could always ask to borrow some, run a Kickstarter campaign … or swindle a couple of Islamic State recruiters. It may not be the safest way to make money, but that’s what three young women from Chechnya, a Russian republic in southeastern Europe, did.



The Chechen women are under investigation for fraud after they allegedly scammed IS members into giving them money on the pretense that they would use it to travel from their homeland to Syria. The ladies got away with some $3,300 before being discovered, according to RT News.



The IS members allegedly reached out to the young women on their social media accounts, asking them to join the militant cause. The women kept in touch with IS members and even sent fake pictures to string them along.



After the IS members wired the money, the “con artists” closed their accounts, stopped all communication, and kept the windfall. They had no intention of actually leaving the country, though one admitted that she used to consider joining.



“I don’t recall any precedent like this one in Chechnya, probably because nobody digs deep enough in that direction,” police officer Valery Zolotaryov told a local Chechen newspaper. “Anyhow, I don’t advise anyone to communicate with dangerous criminals, especially for grabbing quick money,” he added. Wise advice.



The women’s (totally illegal) stunt isn’t the first of its kind. RT News reported that sometimes men create fake accounts, pretending to be females, with the same IS-swindling intentions.



The Islamic State often targets Muslim communities like Chechnya’s to recruit people who are willing to inflict individual acts of terrorism on their own soil. Members have been said to use social media to attract a wide reach of followers. But it’s usually women who are scammed during these arrangements, as they are married off to fighters and often become victims of sexual abuse, the Mirror reports.

[chedifuen]

I know I shouldn't laugh but I can't help it

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The only thing I'm not clear on is how they were outed to the media? Like... did ISIS complain, or did they brag?

[katfco]

Aug 4, 2015 14:17:32 GMT -5 gravytrain225 said:

I'd be way too afraid to fuck with ISIS for $3,300.

I know. This is like trying to mug Al Capone. Do you really think it's a good long-term plan? 

[saz]

Well, I fully expect these women to turn up dead, but I love them for screwing over ISIS.

[secretlyevil]

Aug 4, 2015 14:52:36 GMT -5 saz said:

Well, I fully expect these women to turn up dead, but I love them for screwing over ISIS.

::nods head on agreement::

[ajj]

It's kind of funny that they are under investigation for fraud on a terrorist organization. I mean, bigger fish to fry and all that.

[underwaterrhymes]

This strikes me as colossally stupid of them. You could not pay me $1,000,000 to attempt this, let alone $3,000.

[oliverboliverbutt]

Can we get a room full of government agents doing this? That'd be cool.

[meshaliuknits]

Aug 4, 2015 17:19:34 GMT -5 oliverboliverbutt said:

Can we get a room full of government agents doing this? That'd be cool.

That would actually be kind of brilliant. Defund them one catfish at a time.

[katfco]

So, from a legal standpoint, technically ISIS is an illegal organization, so you could say it wasn't actually fraud to defraud an illegal organization that sent the money to further illegal activities, right?

[ttt]

I'd never be brave (or stupid?) enough to do this, but ladies, I salute you.

[AAM2012]

I'm even afraid to respond to this thread.....