Cybercrime News

[Xenon~]

Phishing victims thought they were buying goods and services via Amzn, eBy, and irbnb

Romanian and Greek police have arrested eight members of an organized crime group that defrauded online shoppers of at least €2 million ($2.4 million).

Authorities also seized €220,000 ($261,000) in cash, mobile phones, and travel documents during raids at 30 locations, in an operation coordinated by Eurojust, the EU agency that facilitates cross-border cooperation in criminal cases.

The criminal network deployed phishing scams to dupe victims into paying for what they believed were goods and services via legitimate websites, including €50,000 ($59,000) cars via eBay, goods from Amzn, and accommodation through irbnb.

Using forged identity documents, the gang set up at least 300 bank accounts in Hungary, Spain, Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands in which “to hide their profits”, according to a Eurojust press release.

The scammers created fictitious advertisements, along with fake transport and payment companies whose names sounded similar to legitimate enterprises.

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Article: https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/e...raud-operation

[aku]

Phishing is insane, always been scared of shit happening to me and surprisingly it hasn't happened yet.

[Breezeyou2]

Imagine if Police could go to India. that would be insane...
@aku If you know how a website is, then you good don't just put your docs or cc anywhere you see a Credit card window...
Just know where you put your info and don't get fooled. most of Gmail spam emails get automatically deleted and moved to spam folder.