Hundreds arrested US-Nigeria crackdown on cyber scams
11 September 2019 |
8:01 pm
US and Nigerian authorities have dismantled multiple groups running so-called business email compromise schemes. The online scams led to $1.3 billion (€1.2 billion) in worldwide losses in 2018.
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