October 23, 2009 at 15:40In Nigeria raided swindlers (closed 800 postal addresses)
Email fraud is a hallmark of Nigeria. This twin country of Russia is known on the Web for its exquisite and thoughtful scams, consisting of multi-pass combinations, months-long correspondence with the victim, organization of communication with agents in several countries, personal meetings, etc. Fraudsters earn billions of dollars in this way. Even Harvard professors are not immune to “divorce.” The number of deceived victims in Russia alone is about a thousand people a year. These are businessmen, large firms, private investors.
The other day in Nigeria, a large round-up was carried out (details here and here) The authorities used some kind of “intelligent technology” from Microsoft and took advantage of the help of Microsoft specialists to calculate the owners of more than 800 email addresses. As a result, members of 18 criminal gangs were arrested.
The general scheme looks like this: you receive a letter, for example, on behalf of Chichvarkin, the former director of Euroset. He needs your help to transfer money from his secret account, because he is now on the run abroad and can not do it at all (he will be immediately arrested in Russia). They need your help to transfer money. For your service, they will promise you from 10% to 40%. You are also given a phone number or email address to contact your local Chichvarkin representative (Nigerian nationality).
This is not the first case of mass arrests. In March, Spanish police arrested 25 people (mostly Nigerians) who acted as agents of Nigerian schemes in this country and scammed more than 150 residents of the US and Europe for money.
Perhaps, in terms of the scale of frauds, only the Russian mafia can be compared with Nigeria, which “sells brides” (it lures money from foreigners “for flowers”, “for tickets”, “for visas”, etc.), now it has also turned into a multi-million dollar business. But for some reason no one thinks to close their sites .
The other day in Nigeria, a large round-up was carried out (details here and here) The authorities used some kind of “intelligent technology” from Microsoft and took advantage of the help of Microsoft specialists to calculate the owners of more than 800 email addresses. As a result, members of 18 criminal gangs were arrested.
The general scheme looks like this: you receive a letter, for example, on behalf of Chichvarkin, the former director of Euroset. He needs your help to transfer money from his secret account, because he is now on the run abroad and can not do it at all (he will be immediately arrested in Russia). They need your help to transfer money. For your service, they will promise you from 10% to 40%. You are also given a phone number or email address to contact your local Chichvarkin representative (Nigerian nationality).
This is not the first case of mass arrests. In March, Spanish police arrested 25 people (mostly Nigerians) who acted as agents of Nigerian schemes in this country and scammed more than 150 residents of the US and Europe for money.
Perhaps, in terms of the scale of frauds, only the Russian mafia can be compared with Nigeria, which “sells brides” (it lures money from foreigners “for flowers”, “for tickets”, “for visas”, etc.), now it has also turned into a multi-million dollar business. But for some reason no one thinks to close their sites .