The Five Nigerian Gangs Behind Most Craigslist Buyer Scams

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 8, 2014 @03:43AM from the who's-to-blame dept.

itwbennett writes Five Nigerian criminal gangs are behind most scams targeting sellers on Craigslist, and they've taken new measures to make their swindles appear legitimate, according to a study by George Mason University researchers Damon McCoy and Jackie Jones. In a new innovation, they're using professional check-writing equipment plus U.S.-based accomplices to not raise suspicions among their victims. McCoy and Jones will present their paper on Sept. 24 at the IEEE eCrime Research Summit in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Re:We need to carpet bomb Nigeria by NotSanguine · 2014-09-08 04:16 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Deregulation does not prevent fraud charges, or lawsuits. As if our laws apply to the wealthy and well connected in the US...
There. FTFY.

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