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DOJ Press Release: 18 Members of International Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracy
The Southern District of New York brought charges on 18 people for their involvement in an ATM Skimming ring that planted hundreds of skimming devices in at … Continue reading 18 Members of ATM Skimmer Gang Arrested — Mostly Romanian
Each year, crime data geeks look forward to the publication of the CJIS “Crime in the United States” report. On September 30th, the FBI was able to share the Uniform Crime Report information for 2018, describing information about Violent Crime,… Continue reading FBI Fraud Arrests by Field Office, 2018
Operation: ReWired announced on September 10, 2019 On September 10, 2019, the Department of Justice announced that 281 arrests related to Business Email Compromise had been made, with 74 of those arrested being in the United States. It wi… Continue reading Operation ReWired arrests 281 Business Email Compromise criminals
In my last blog post, Los Angeles Court charges 80 Nigerians with BEC and Romance Scam Crimes, we laid out the background of a major BEC investigation and telling the stories of six victims, but the court documents shared the details from thirty c… Continue reading Los Angeles: Stories of the BEC Victims (part 2)
Bank of America, BBVA Compass, CalCom FCU, Capital One, Citibank, Citizens Bank, Comerica, Chase Bank, PNC Bank, Regions Bank, SunTrust, TD Bank, US Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank were among the financial institutions who were scammed by the 80 Nigerian … Continue reading Los Angeles Court charges 80 Nigerians with BEC and Romance Scam Crimes
Obinwanne Okeke: The Entrepreneur
Obinwanne Okeke, 31 year old CEO and Founder of Invictus Group, is frequently lauded as a success story. At age 28, Forbes Africa featured him in their June 2016 issue under the title “Africa’s Most Promising En… Continue reading Lauded Nigerian Entrepreneur may be a BEC Yahoo Boy
Are you getting text messages about winning prizes at Amazon?
I got one today with the following text from a VOIP-to-SMS number: 1 (410) 200-910
The text was: ”FRM: You have a New Amazon Reward! MSG: http://dmkr3h.com/njngyw”
I threw up a Virtual … Continue reading SMS Phish? Amazon Reward!
In June of 2018, we blogged about a series of cases that the Department of Justice announced as “Operation: WireWire.” In particular, we wrote three pieces about the “South Florida Cases” where a Lebanese recruiter convinced people to set up shell comp… Continue reading The Next Miami Operation WireWire Case: Alfredo Veloso
The Internet Crime & Complaint Center, IC3.gov, publishes annual statistics about the crimes which have been reported to them during the previous calendar year. The full report offers insights and analysis into current trends in cybercrime.&… Continue reading IC3.gov: BEC Compromises and Romance Fraud 2018
I’m one of those people who tends to review the people who are following me on Twitter and to block a great number of them. Why? Because many of them aren’t real people!
Here are a few examples:
@Juliettemasker
Juliette only has one tweet … Continue reading Twitter Mystery Followers: ? GarBot ?