Fake ad offering sex with minors receives over 6,600 clicks in 4 days: police
A fake ad created by the Durham police offering sex with minors received over 6,600 views over four days, according to officers.
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A fake ad created by the Durham police offering sex with minors received over 6,600 views over four days, according to officers.
Five men were arrested for trying to obtain sexual services from a minor after police posted a fake ad online. The Durham Regional Police Service in Ontario, Canada revealed that they posted a fake advertisement online for sexual services for minors, resulting in a series of arrests.
An ad created by the Durham Regional Police Service as part of their efforts to curb child sexual exploitation was viewed over 6,600 times in four days, officers said in a Thursday media release.
Investigators arrested five people and laid 15 charges in connection to the probe.
A fake online ad offering sex with minors was visited more than 6,600 times in four days and received messages from over 600 different phone numbers, Durham police say.