Jane Flanagan, The Times/Apple News (Paywall), Isis funds terror with ‘Tinder’ love scams “… (But) the con artists behind a new wave of “Tinder terror” that has snared a growing number of lonely hearts on South Africa’s version of the dating app are not your typical love rats or fraudsters but agents of the brutal jihadist group Islamic State, which is using the proceeds to fund its atrocities and insurgency campaigns across Africa.”
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