 Ivybridge_I7Cyber-Crime Researcher OpSec
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Nigeria recovers R1.5 billion from cybercriminalsMonday, December 6th, 2010 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has intercepted 12, 000 scam mails and recovered over £110 million from cybercriminals in the last three years. Speaking at just concluded West African Cybercrime Summit in Abuja, a Principal Staff Officer in the EFCC, Barrister Bala Sanga, said the agency with its foreign collaborators had also stopped over 3,870 scam mails emanating from Nigeria and out of it in the last eight months. » www.itnewsafrica.com/?p=9814 |
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JLevinworth
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2010-Dec-6 2:09 pm
said by Ivybridge_I7:Monday, December 6th, 2010
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has intercepted 12, 000 scam mails and recovered over £110 million from cybercriminals in the last three years. Speaking at just concluded West African Cybercrime Summit in Abuja, a Principal Staff Officer in the EFCC, Barrister Bala Sanga, said the agency with its foreign collaborators had also stopped over 3,870 scam mails emanating from Nigeria and out of it in the last eight months.
»www.itnewsafrica.com/?p=9814
3 thoughts come to mind: 1. "Intercepting" a total of 15L+ scam emails sounds like a days work for a spam filter. 2. "recovered over £110 million from cybercriminals" - I'd hope that means it was recovered for the victims, but it doesn't say that. Assuming it seems very optimistic. 3. This is interesting from the bottom: said by »www.itnewsafrica.com/?p=9814 :
The commission’s chairman, Mrs Farida Waziri, said after the United States of America with 65 per cent of cyber criminal activities and the United Kingdom with 9.9 per cent, Nigeria is the next hub of cyber criminals in the world with 8 per cent.
Not to sound cynical.. but.... Thanks for posting. It was interesting to read what type of "news" is posted abroad at least. |
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I guess some of the mugus weren't keeping the right palms sufficiently greased. |
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Good im glad they were able to recover  |
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said by JLevinworth :2. "recovered over £110 million from cybercriminals" - I'd hope that means it was recovered for the victims, but it doesn't say that.
Sure it was recovered for the victims! I can see this type of mass mail proving it too!
I am highly delighted to be in contact with you and sorry
for the embarrassment this mail might be to you.
I am Barrister Dr.jide Adele I am the Council Attorney
To The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
which has recovered over £110 million from cybercriminals
in the last three years.
Before these funds become confiscated or declared Unserviceable by the
Finance Company where this huge deposit is lodged I am making
every attempt to return these funds to their legal owners.
Particularly, I am concerned that funds withdrawn from
your bank account which were subsequently sent to these
cyber criminals via Western Union money gram are in immenent danger
of being confiscated within the next Twenty official Working days.
Since have been unsuccessful in locating many of the legal owners
I now Seek Your Consent to present you as the primary beneficiary
of the £110 million recovered minus documentation fees.
I will Take care of the Necessary Legal documentations
that are required to back up any claim we may make.
All I require is your honest Cooperation to enable
us seeing this Deal through. I guarantee that this will
be executed under Legitimate Arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of the law.
Awaiting your response. In your respond, please attach
therein a Telephone number where I can call to discuss
with you the procedures for the claim.
Best regards.
Dr.jide Adele Esq.  EDIT to add: Of course a link to the news story will be included in the mass mailings to lend credibility to the scam. » www.itnewsafrica.com/?p=9814 |
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LOL !!
Same game as always just putting fresh bait on the trap.
If $10 can feed a child for a month ... they should be set for a decade or longer? |
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said by Ivybridge_I7:... a Principal Staff Officer in the EFCC, Barrister Bala Sanga, ...
This is too damn funny. I've had the word "Barrister" on my e-mail server's spam filter list for several years. Any e-mails containing that word are diverted.  |
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said by Snowy:Awaiting your response. In your respond, please attach
therein a Telephone number where I can call to discuss
with you the procedures for the claim.
Best regards.
Dr.jide Adele Esq. Oh you can't get anything past me, SnowyOne! Everyone knows that Gentlemen of such high esteem would have a secretary to contact! Especially with their routine, frequent travel. Not to mention the appropriate closing would be "God Bless". You almost got me, though. Lolz scam spam -I'll double that google love- spam scam |
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Also, the notification will most likely be typed in all capital letters. Perhaps it's the climate, but it seems that Nigeria has a lot of keyboards with broken CAPS LOCK keys. |
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said by daveinpoway:... it seems that Nigeria has a lot of keyboards with broken CAPS LOCK keys.
Naw, just one keyboard in the whole country is stuck on CAPS LOCK. They charge double to use the other one. |
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Everything appears to be spelled correctly as well. Must be fake. |
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