False dating profiles solicit mobile-phone credit before disappearing
Channel
Telephone · Social media
Target
Individuals
Reported incident or attempt
How the approach works
An operator used false profiles and promised meetings, then requested mobile credit. The police account says contact stopped after the credit was obtained.
What they wanted
Obtain prepaid mobile credit
Reported outcome
Police reported a complaint, an arrest and seizure of phones, laptops and SIM cards. Loss total, recovery and final judgment unknown.
Source & context
MTV Lebanon, reproducing an Internal Security Forces statement ↗Published: 2022-08-08
