281 Alleged Email Scammers Arrested In Massive Global Sweep (wired.com) 57
The Department of Justice today announced the arrest of 281 suspects in connection with email scams and wire transfer fraud. The action is the biggest of its kind yet against this type of digital scammer, and is a strong symbol of law enforcement's sense of urgency in trying to contain a rapidly growing threat. Wired reports: You're familiar with crimes like this, even if you don't know them by their proper name of "business email compromise" schemes. It involves the coordinated crafting of compelling scam emails that trick employees or vulnerable individuals into sending money, then using strategic mules to wire the funds back to the perpetrators. Such scams have ballooned in recent years, costing victims tens of billions of dollars over time. The DOJ said the new round of arrests took four months to carry out across 10 countries, and resulted in the seizure of almost $3.7 million.
Tuesday's law enforcement initiative, dubbed Operation reWired, involved extensive international coordination to make 167 arrests in Nigeria, 74 in the United States, 18 in Turkey, and 15 in Ghana. The remainder took place in France, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom. Research and law enforcement investigations have shown that a large proportion of all email scamming originates in West Africa, specifically Nigeria, but the scams have spread, partly because some West African actors have moved around the world. The new arrest of 281 suspects involved global coordination among law enforcement agencies. In the U.S. alone, Operation reWired involved the DOJ, the Department of Homeland Security, the Treasury, the State Department, and the Postal Inspection Service.
Tuesday's law enforcement initiative, dubbed Operation reWired, involved extensive international coordination to make 167 arrests in Nigeria, 74 in the United States, 18 in Turkey, and 15 in Ghana. The remainder took place in France, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom. Research and law enforcement investigations have shown that a large proportion of all email scamming originates in West Africa, specifically Nigeria, but the scams have spread, partly because some West African actors have moved around the world. The new arrest of 281 suspects involved global coordination among law enforcement agencies. In the U.S. alone, Operation reWired involved the DOJ, the Department of Homeland Security, the Treasury, the State Department, and the Postal Inspection Service.
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Yes, because email systems can certainly cut people off from bank accounts and wire transfer systems. The two are not separate and indepe
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It's 2:14 am in Japan, and resident Shannon Jacobs is yet again committing sexual assaults in the wee hours of the night. Combined with his newfound interest in posting dozens of time per day on Slashdot and Arstechnica, it's obvious he's become hikikomori.
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It's 3:36 am in Japan, and resident Shannon Jacobs is following his usual routine of sexually assaulting people in the middle of the night. Been too busy doing real work to deal with an old, self-indulgent pervert, so sorry for the late reply.
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167 arrests in Nigeria
167 Crown Princes of Nigeria?!?! How many wives did the King of Nigeria have?
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They couldn't wait any longer (Score:5, Funny)
They really wanted to wait until they had 419 suspects, but they couldn't delay any longer without losing some of them.
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Good to see that Nigeria is holding on to the top spot. Go Nigeria!
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A: A good start!
Unfortunately, there are too many more active, and more will follow.
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It's a good start, but the problem is there will be no follow-though. These people will likely get a slap on the wrist and be right back at it in 12-18 months, and they'll be smarter - they got caught once and will probably take steps to keep that from happening again.
Evolution in action.
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Shame West Africa has the same access to the Internet as the developed world
Just show us where their fiber crosses their borders and we can fix the scamming problem with a pair of cable shears.
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The ones I really want them to get are those pretending to be with the IRS that will file a lawsuit against you in the next 24 hours unless you pay up now.
Not that I would personally ever fall for it but it just makes me pissed that confused and frightened seniors who are culturally isolated enough that they would fall for it are preyed upon like that.
So good on you today DOJ.
Re:More like this please (Score:5, Funny)
I transferred a call from a Microsoft support scam to the real Microsoft support once.
Nothing in India and Pakistan (Score:2)
Strange that none of the arrests were in India and Pakistan where most of the scams originate.
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(details on that at www.cbc.ca in Canada)