TERROR recruiting networks — including one with homegrown extremist Mohammed Elomar at its head — are targeting troubled Australian youths with offers of cash and “paradise”.

One operation linked to ­Elomar is offering to smuggle would-be Australian jihadists into Islamic State strongholds via a shady hotel in the eastern Turkish city of Mus.

It is understood extremists mixing in Australia or communicating online are fed phone numbers linking them to a middleman at the hotel in Mus about 300km from the Syrian border. They are then put directly through to a smuggler in Syria who would ­arrange passage from Turkey.

Australian Federal Police have alleged that officers found one of the numbers — with Elomar’s fighting name attached — when they raided the bedroom of a teenager charged with the alleged Anzac Day terrorist plot.

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In court documents, AFP agents alleged Harun Causevic, 18, had the numbers of three jihadis in his room which were used by people who “wish to be facilitated to the conflict in Syria and Iraq’’.

Sources have told the ­Sunday Herald Sun recruiters in the Middle East try to ease callers into making the leap, by selling it as a simple “holiday” and offering to cover significant costs.

Elomar is often referenced in conversation, usually with his nom de guerre Abu Hafs.

The Syrian smugglers use messaging apps including Whatsapp and Telegram to advise potential jihadists before they travel to the conflict zone.

One source said: “The recruiters are pushing them to leave Australia. They say things like: ‘The first step is most important’, then they will say ‘Just take yourself and go to holiday to Turkey to spend a few days and you be there, we will arrange the rest’.”

“They groom them for weeks and promise to handle all the logistics. ‘We do our best to help you make hijrah (the journey),’ they say. ‘Jannah (paradise) awaits ... You’ll be happy,’ they promise.”

The Sunday Herald Sun has also learnt of a Sydney ­recruiter offering money to help would-be jihadists make the trip.

Australian “ahkis” (brothers) are told they need just $1000 as the remaining costs can be covered. One source in the Middle East detailed to the Sunday Herald Sun the enticing language used by recruiters.

“‘Just head to Istanbul’, they say. ‘Jump in a taxi and head to a cheap hotel, then we will be in touch soon and will take you in’. They talk about how great khilafah — the Islamic system — is.”

Former boxing prodigy Elomar fled Australia to join the Islamic State insurgents fighting in Syria and Iraq in 2013.

In July 2014, the AFP issued a warrant for his arrest.

Elomar and exiled Sydney mate Khaled Sharrouf have become notorious for their gruesome IS propaganda posts on social media, including posing with severed heads. They have also been ­accused of kidnapping and abusing women before selling them on.

It is estimated about 110 young Australians are fighting with extremists.

The ­Government has stripped more than 139 passports from those suspected of supporting the terrorist group.

Counter-terrorism expert David Kilcullen said recruiters used similar grooming tactics to online paedophiles.

“People are sitting in places like Syria or Iraq deliberately reaching out to people in our community here in Australia, the UK and elsewhere identifying vulnerable people spotting them, targeting them and then recruiting them actively to participate,” Mr Kilcullen said.

“They have people dedicated to this type of stuff.”