US arrests 74 in global email scam crackdown

[left-of-center2012]

Source: BBC

The US has arrested 74 people including nearly 30 in Nigeria, as part of an effort to combat email scam artists.
The US said arrests occurred in the US, Nigeria, Canada, Mauritius and Poland.

One man was extradited from the UK in 2016 for his role in a scheme that allegedly sought to take $2.6m. He pleaded guilty in January to wire fraud and identity theft.

FBI Director Christopher Wray, whose agency funded and coordinated the operation, said: "This operation demonstrates the FBI's commitment to disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprises that target American citizens and their businesses."

The FBI said people have reported losing more than $3.7bn since it started tracking the issue through its Internet Crime Complaint Center.


Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44445436

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. wait - one of those folks is supposed to send me a lot of money!

[jmbar2]

2. I hope that this doesn't reduce the hilarity over at Scam-o-Rama

Scam-o-Rama is a collection of hilarious accounts of folks (mostly from UK) who engage the scamsters, basically outscamming them. Their exploits are heroic.


http://scamorama.com/

[SeattleVet]

3. Damn! Too late...

[Nitram]

5. LOL!

[SergeStorms]

4. Not the Nigerian Prince!

He's guaranteed me half of his kingdom, and all I had to do was send him $10,000. Oh please, I hope one of them wasn't the Nigerian Prince!

[thucythucy]

6. "This operation demonstrates the FBI's commitment to disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprises that

target American citizens and their businesses."

Which is why the FBI needs to investigate the Trump administration and all of its enablers.