Even the most feared terrorist organization could be prey to fraudsters?
Police in Russia`s predominantly Muslim Chechen Republic have arrested three girls, who tricked ISIS fighters to send them money for travelling to Syria, according to a media report.
These girls used to meet IS recruiters online and pretended to be eager to go to Syria. The only obstacle, they said, was the lack of travel money, which the recruiters were often willing to provide, RT.com reported on Wednesday.
As organised as ISIS is, they couldn’t even detect a petty fraud as the girls would simply cash the money sent through anonymous electronic transfers and then delete the social media account used in the con.
With their craft, they have managed to swindle $3,300 from the recruiters of ISIS before they were arrested by a Chechen police unit monitoring online activities for evidence of crimes.
Chechen Republic is a prime target for IS propagandists, who regularly call on young men and women to join their cause in the Middle East.
The whole incident looked like these girls were smarter than the feared, dreaded ISIS group and could have continued until the law caught up with them.
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