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‘IBAN’ scam targets family grieving brothers lost at sea: ‘We have not recovered our bodies, and they are collecting money’

From Hürriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Scammers allegedly shared a bank account number while falsely claiming that the family of missing brothers Mustafa and Mahmut Demir needed financial help.
  • The brothers’ family in Reyhanlı, Hatay, says it remains hopeful while waiting for news and does not need donations.

While Mustafa and Mahmut Demir’s family continues to wait in hope after the brothers disappeared when a ship sank off Kyrenia, scammers have begun using their names to seek money.

The family, based in Reyhanlı in Hatay, says unidentified people shared an IBAN account number with the claim that the family was in need of help. The alleged solicitation has added financial exploitation to the family’s continuing ordeal.

We have not recovered our bodies, and they are collecting money.

· Halil DemirHe described the alleged scam targeting the family while the brothers remain missing.

Halil Demir, the brothers’ older brother, said the family did not need anyone’s money. “We have not recovered our bodies, and they are collecting money,” he said, urging people not to trust those exploiting public goodwill.

“ We do not need anyone’s money, our state is with us. Do not heed these scammers who exploit people’s good intentions,” Demir said.

We do not need anyone’s money, our state is with us. Do not heed these scammers who exploit people’s good intentions.

· Halil DemirHe urged the public not to send money to people using the brothers’ names.
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Originally published by Hürriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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