Flight MH17 Victims Targeted in Facebook and Credit Card Scams

SYDNEY — In a sick revelation, scammers have set up fake Facebook profiles using the identities of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 victims amid claims that credit cards may have been stolen from the crash site.

On Friday, Ukrainian MP Anton Gerashchenko said via his Facebook page that "death hunters" were collecting cash, jewelry and the credit cards of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing-777, which was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday.

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"My humble request to the relatives of the victims to freeze their credit cards, so that they won’t lose their assets to terrorists!" Gerashchenko said in the post. Read more...

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