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The US has arrested 74 people including nearly 30 in Nigeria, as part of an effort to combat email scam artists.<\/p>\n
It said the arrests reflect a coordinated crackdown on people who convince correspondents to wire them money for fraudulent activities.<\/p>\n
The US said such scams are \u201cprevalent\u201d and pledged to pursue perpetrators \u201cregardless of where they are located\u201d.<\/p>\n
Authorities said they have seized, recovered or disrupted more than $16m (\u00a312m) since January.<\/p>\n
The effort, which involved local and federal law enforcement agencies, targeted scammers who trick people into transferring them money, for example by impersonating a business partner or colleague.<\/p>\n
In one case, the US alleged that two Nigerians living in Dallas posed as a property seller when requesting a $246,000 wire transfer from a real estate attorney.<\/p>\n
Authorities also went after \u201cmoney mules\u201d \u2013 \u201cwitting or unwitting accomplices\u201d who receive the money from the victims and transfer it as directed by the fraudsters.<\/p>\n
\u2018Disrupt and dismantle\u2019<\/strong> One man was extradited from the UK in 2016 for his role in a scheme that allegedly sought to take $2.6m.<\/p>\n He pleaded guilty in January to wire fraud and identity theft.<\/p>\n FBI Director Christopher Wray, whose agency funded and coordinated the operation, said: \u201cThis operation demonstrates the FBI\u2019s commitment to disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprises that target American citizens and their businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n The FBI said people have reported losing more than $3.7bn since it started tracking the issue through its Internet Crime Complaint Center.<\/p>\n \u201cThe devastating effects these cases have on victims and victim companies, affect not only the individual business but also the global economy,\u201d the US said.<\/p>\n \u2013<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The US has arrested 74 people including nearly 30 in Nigeria, as part of an effort to combat email scam artists. It said the arrests reflect a coordinated crackdown on people who convince correspondents to wire them money for fraudulent activities. The US said such scams are \u201cprevalent\u201d and pledged to pursue perpetrators \u201cregardless of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe US said arrests occurred in the US, Nigeria, Canada, Mauritius and Poland.<\/p>\n