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Enters Not Guilty Plea in Alleged $1 Million SchemeA Nigerian man charged with helping to run a $1 million phishing scheme that targeted the Government Services Administration and other agencies...
Scam Targeted UK Affiliate of US Heavy Equipment Firm Caterpillar, Prosecutors AllegeThe FBI has arrested a Nigerian businessman for allegedly carrying out an $11 million business email compromise...
Business Email Compromise Schemes Get More SophisticatedA growing area of concern for security researchers is a new crop of business email compromise schemes originating from Nigeria, with...
SilverTerrier is not a traditional cybercrime group. It is the collective name Unit 42 of Palo Alto Networks gives to Nigerian cybercriminals. SilverTerrier continues to grow (over 400 individual...
Nigerian scam groups launched even more attacks in 2018 - and used more complex types of malware to reach more victims.
A Nigerian man was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 60 months in prison for his role in fraudulent business email compromise (BEC) scams, the United States Department of Justice announced...
Bloke copped to $25m spear-phishing scheme A Nigerian man will be spending the next five years in a US prison after pleading guilty to operating a phishing scheme targeting businesses around the world.…
ATLANTA (AP) — A jury in Atlanta has convicted a Nigerian man on federal charges related to hacking universities. read more
The Nigerian prince never showed up but the victim's $110,000 did, eventually.
The United States Department of Justice announced Monday the arrest of 74 email fraudsters across three continents in a global crackdown on a large-scale business email compromise (BEC) scheme....