Jihadi: Fraudster turned terrorist Hamayun Tariq claims his British passport has been revoked A former car mechanic who fled Britain and joined the Taliban after serving a prison sentence for fraud has joined the Islamic State and is now fighting in Syria, it has been claimed. Hamayun Tariq, a divorced 37-year-old who was born and raised in Dudley in the West Midlands, is understood to have joined ISIS seven weeks ago, and has been claiming a salary and housing benefits from the terror group ever since. The father of two claims to be an explosives expert and, although his social media accounts are currently suspended, is notorious for posting chilling  bomb-making guides for  Western jihadis.
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Hamayun Tariq, 37, believed to have joined ISIS in Syria seven weeks ago
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Served three years in jail for fraud before joining Pakistani Taliban in 2012
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Recently left Taliban for ISIS who gave him a salary and housing benefit
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Regularly updates social media pages with chilling bomb-making guides
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Dudley-born divorcee says British passport was revoked while in Pakistan
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Father of two  first embraced radical Islam in 2000 while in his early 20s
Tariq described his new life under ISIS as far more comfortable than that in @placeholder.