ISIS targets eBay users

ISLAMIC State has issued a chilling call to its followers to use online classified websites such as Gumtree and eBay to lure unsuspecting people to their deaths.

The latest issue of the extremist group’s English language propaganda magazine Rumiyah suggests several ways IS followers can take as many people as possible hostage and slaughter them.

It suggests posting fake ads for items for sale on Gumtree and eBay to trick people into meeting them so they can pay and collect the items, which IS suggests should be large and/ or expensive.