Posted on 09/10/2019 2:20:17 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Hundreds of individuals were arrested over a four-month period around the world on as part of an operation to crack down on scams meant to hijack wire transfers from both businesses and individuals, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
In total, 281 individuals were arrested worldwide, with 74 of these arrests taking place in the United States, as part of Operation reWired.
The operation also involved the FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Homeland Security, State and Treasury departments. It was meant to disrupt business email compromise (BEC) schemes.
This type of scheme typically targets employees of an organization with access to company finances, or those who work with wire transfers, and convinces them to transfer funds to an account controlled by the criminals. The Justice Department noted that many individuals targeted were senior citizens.
Over half of the arrests were made in Nigeria, while other individuals were taken into custody in Turkey, Ghana, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan, Kenya and Malaysia. Authorities also seized nearly $3.7 million as part of the arrests.
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I sent him $15,000 and he never sent me my 5.6 million inheritance.
I just hope my beautiful white model fiance in Ghana wasn’t caught up in it.
Timing is odd; was Bolton or Russia involved? Enquiring minds want to know.
That was just the processing fee. There is still the matter of the transaction fee.
Barrister Johnny Ngolo, Esq.
I hope that they don’t arrest that Nigerian prince soon. One of his people has informed me that my computer has a problem, but that they will help fix it. I need my computer to maintain my income, because I’ve been told that my car warranty is about to expire, and this is my last chance to renew it. I won’t be able to use my Social Security, because I have been told that my Social Security has been suspended. Would it help if I gave someone the name of one of the co-workers of the Nigerian prince? His name is Bob. I know this because he says, “Haylo, me nem ees Bawb.”
I hope that you get your inheritance soon.
A Nigerian prince is always a scam. Now, a Tanzanian prince is a different ball game. I sent one $15,000 and guess what?
That’s right, he wired the money to my account and I’m a multi-millionaire now!
What about all the Indian call center scams? That country seems to be the center of the scamming universe.,.
As long as they are tackling Ponzi schemes they should take down Social Security.
yeah, I was wondering how many Nigerian Princes got bagged in their net ...
I know an idiot who is sent these clowns $56,000. No lie.
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