Scammers on Facebook trick users into believing that they have unknowingly donated to ISIS

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Who doesn't like this impulse to do something good for others?

Recently, Facebook has been building on this, allowing you to connect to your favorite charity and ask your friends to donate money to it.

It helps many worthy charities.

But it's better to stick to charity, rather than branching out and helping people you don't know individually.

While it's great to want to help people who are less fortunate, there will always be nefarious people who mess up the whole process.

Facebook users are tricked into thinking that they have donated to a terrorist organization such as ISIS.

The latest Facebook scam
The office of the inspector General of the us Department of homeland security issued a warning explaining that scammers made friends with people in Facebook-related apps, asking for help in connection with difficulties and asking for money.

Once the money is sent, they are tricked into believing that they have donated the money to a terrorist organization, such as ISIS or Al-Qaeda (banned in Russia organizations), and link it to a "lawyer" who requests more money as an advance payment.

DHS explains that this scam works because it involves time and a few steps, and it gives the scammers the trust they need.

It is necessary to establish a relationship, and it is not known where the money is actually sent.

So once they're sent, it's easy to convince someone that they were tricked into sending money to terrorists.

This also leads to the phone numbers of government and police agencies being forged, which leads the victim to believe that they really screwed up everything in the first place and donated to terrorists, which can be very frightening, namely not only thinking about donating, but also thinking that you will have problems with the government.

Law enforcement officials will never ask you to pay fines over the phone or ask you for money, "the DHS inspector General's office said in a press release.

"If there is a question about the validity of the call, we encourage the public to call the number of the relevant field office of a government agency and ask them to contact the person who called you."

What to do if you think you are a victim
The first thing you need to know is that through Facebook, you should only make donations to legitimate charities, not to people you meet and befriend, no matter how good they are or what perceived difficulties they may have caused.

If someone calls you and tells you that you have donated to ISIS (banned in Russia ) or other terrorists, do not pay more money for the lawyer's services.
 
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