Chechen girls swindle $3000 from IS jihadis

July 31, 2015 09:39

Turning the tables on Islamic State online recruiters, three Chechen girls allegedly swindled over $3,000 by conning them into giving money on the pretence that they would use it to travel to Syria from their homeland.

Chechen police have detained the three female con artists who talked fighters of the IS terrorist group into sending them money for travelling to Syria. The young women turned the tables on IS by using their primary recruitment tool, social media, against them.

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