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 Justice Department Indicts 80 in Massive Online Fraud Scheme

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The individuals are charged with using business e-mail compromise (BEC) scams to dupe victims. He said that in other cases, known as romance scams, “victims think they are developing a dating relationship, when in fact they are just being tricked into sending money to the fraudsters.”. billion stolen by victims.

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Even Steel Bars Can’t Keep Internet Scams In Check

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They poke and prod, looking for various weaknesses to be exploited on online platforms, in company emails (as in Business Email Compromise, or BEC), through text messages and even the old-fashioned phone call that induces a victim to hurry online and send some money. Internet scammers, by nature, are a resourceful lot.

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