Should We Rest Easier?

[Kantarii]

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that 281 suspects had been arrested around the world in connection with email scams and wire transfer fraud.

The crackdown, which resulted in the seizure of nearly $3.7 million and arrests spanning 10 different countries, is a sign of the federal government's urgency around this ever-shifting threat. The greatest number of arrests took place in Nigeria, where 167 people were apprehended. Another 74 people were arrested in the United States, 18 in Turkey and 15 in Ghana.

https://apple.news/AFprCsM-cTgqhj1hi1_w9Jg


Something has to be done about it, but there are a lot more out there.

 

[FL30]

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that 281 suspects had been arrested around the world in connection with email scams and wire transfer fraud.

The crackdown, which resulted in the seizure of nearly $3.7 million and arrests spanning 10 different countries, is a sign of the federal government's urgency around this ever-shifting threat. The greatest number of arrests took place in Nigeria, where 167 people were apprehended. Another 74 people were arrested in the United States, 18 in Turkey and 15 in Ghana.

https://apple.news/AFprCsM-cTgqhj1hi1_w9Jg


Something has to be done about it, but there are a lot more out there.

this is just a small percentage of the people that have committed these types of crimes

 

[Kantarii]

this is just a small percentage of the people that have committed these types of crimes

I would say a fraction of a fraction at best. Still, it doesn’t surprise me where these scammers were apprehended.

 

[LupusDei]

I would say a fraction of a fraction at best. Still, it doesn’t surprise me where these scammers were apprehended.

Actually, it does surprise me, because it conforms too good with the popular scam scenarios. Well, perhaps I just expected another level of deception. And very probably, that's exactly what happened, they rallied up a bunch of postal box owners that have at best intermittent involvement in the grand scheme. Better than doing nothing, I suppose.

 

[Jada59]

That's good but I'll bet it's the tip of the iceberg!

 

[Rightguide]

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that 281 suspects had been arrested around the world in connection with email scams and wire transfer fraud.

The crackdown, which resulted in the seizure of nearly $3.7 million and arrests spanning 10 different countries, is a sign of the federal government's urgency around this ever-shifting threat. The greatest number of arrests took place in Nigeria, where 167 people were apprehended. Another 74 people were arrested in the United States, 18 in Turkey and 15 in Ghana.

https://apple.news/AFprCsM-cTgqhj1hi1_w9Jg


Something has to be done about it, but there are a lot more out there.

If they don't hit India and Bangladesh much of it will continue.

 

[Kantarii]

If they don't hit India and Bangladesh much of it will continue.

I’m surprised they hit Nigeria.

 

[Rightguide]

I’m surprised they hit Nigeria.

I told an Indian pretending to be an IRS agent that I was feeding his coordinates into an orbiting drone and he should go outside and look up.