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A geo-targeting alert has been praised for helping to find a man reported missing from Warrawong.
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The 34-year-old was last spotted at a property on King Street about 3pm on Tuesday, June 25.
The following morning police issued the alert to mobile phones in Warrawong and surrounding areas to help locate the man.
"A geo-targeting alert has been issued for [name removed] to the Warrawong and surrounding areas. If you receive a message from +61 444 444 444, it is not a scam," the alert told people.
A NSW Police spokesperson said officers had concerns about the man as he has an intellectual disability.
Within minutes of the alert going out, officers were contacted about the man's location.
"Great news, we've been told within 30 min of a geo-text appeal being sent out for a 34-year-old man reported missing in the Lake Illawarra Police District, that he was found and confirmed safe. Thanks everyone who helped," police said.
Police are still searching for at least 14 long-term missing people who were last seen in the Illawarra, the youngest, Cheryl Grimmer, was just three years old when she went missing.
In May this year, officers revealed details of a Holden Kingswood sedan that could hold clues into the disappearance of Wollongong woman Pauline Sowry who was last seen in December 1993.