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8 year oldThe New York Post reports that a group of friends is taking bizarre revenge on a former pal they say owes them money — by sending his picture out to news outlets and claiming he died in several recent terror attacks and other tragedies.
A photo of the unnamed man, who lives in Mexico, has so far been featured in news stories about victims of the Orlando shooting, the Istanbul airport bombing and the EgyptAir crash, France24 reported.
A snap of his face pops up in a New York Times video about the Orlando shooting, a BBC article, and several social media threads about terror victims, the site reported.
. @EGYPTAIR my brother traveled there, I'm scared for her life. Please help me. pic.twitter.com/PriXlnWnvA
— Perro al-Baghdadi (@sidaxmejicano) May 19, 2016
“Help, my brother Alfonso was at Aturk Airport and we don’t know anything about him, please help #turkey,” @marty_batato tweeted, along with the man’s photo, after the bombing.
But it’s all just part of a sick prank by former pals — who claim the dead man is a deadbeat, who scammed them out of dough, according to the site.
“This man used to be my friend but he’s cheated money out of at least four people who I know. I lodged both civil and criminal complaints against him, but because the legal proceedings are dragging on and he still hasn’t given us back our money, we decided to punish him by posting his photo online,” one of the pranksters told the site.
Esta es una de las personas que atacan a Alejandro Fernández. Se presume él fue quien le desgarró el ano. pic.twitter.com/DeYWJsmzHt
— infamito bautister (@Mr_Infame) June 28, 2016
The man’s face also appears in connection with other tragic events, including a shooting Mexico City.
He contacted the BBC and the New York Times and asked them to delete his photo — but they didn’t respond, he said.
But he hasn’t taken legal action to remove his photo from news reports because in Mexico, “nothing ever happens in these kind of cases,” he said.
This article originally appeared in The New York Post
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