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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:03:55 +0100
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Subject: [zzzzteana] Fake bank website cons victims
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>>From the BBC website - www.bbc.co.uk
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Tuesday, 8 October, 2002, 09:43 GMT 10:43 UK
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Fake bank website cons victims
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West African criminals have used a fake version of a British bank's online
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service to milk victims of cash, say police. The fake site was used to squeeze
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more money out of people they had already hooked.
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The site has been shut down. But UK National Criminal Intelligence Service,
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(NCIS), said at least two Canadians had lost more than $100,000 after being
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taken in by the fake website.
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The scam behind the fake web domain was the familiar one that offers people a
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share of the huge sums of money they need moved out of various African
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nations.
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NCIS said the use of the web was helping the conmen hook victims that would
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otherwise spot the scam.
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Convincing site
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News of this latest scam was revealed by BBC Radio5Live. It found that an
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unclaimed web domain of a UK bank had been used by conmen to get more cash out
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their victims.
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A NCIS spokesman said the domain looked legitimate because it had "the" in
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front of the bank's name.
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"I have seen the microsite myself and it's very sophisticated," said the NCIS
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spokesman. "It's very convincing especially to people not very experienced
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online."
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Once the con was discovered it was quickly shut down. However, the people
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behind it have not been caught.
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NCIS does know that at least two people have lost more than $100,000.
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The bank involved has bought up the domain used in the con as well as many
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other permutations of its name to limit the chance it could happen again.
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Domain games
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Usually people are first hooked in to what has become known as Advanced Fee or
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419 fraud by replying to an unsolicited fax or e-mail offering a share of any
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cash successfully moved out of Africa.
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The '419' refers to the part of the Nigerian penal code dealing with such
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crimes.
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Like any con, there is no money to be moved at all and instead anyone taking
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the bait is asked to pay increasingly large sums to supposedly bribe
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uncooperative officials and to smooth the passage of the cash.
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Although this con has been practiced for years, people still fall victim to
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it.
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NCIS estimates that up to five Americans are sitting in hotel lobbies in
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London everyday waiting to meet people connected with this con.
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Cutting edge fraud
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Often the conmen provide fake banking certificates to give the con an air of
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legitimacy.
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People tricked into clicking on fake sites
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But a spokesman for NCIS said fake or spoof websites are now being used in
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place of the certificates.
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"To many people nowadays the cutting edge of banking technology is web
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technology," said the spokesman.
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One of the first groups of conmen to use this method set up a fake website
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that supposedly gave victims access to accounts held at the South African
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Reserve Bank, the country's national bank.
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Typically, victims are given a login name and password and are encouraged to
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visit the site so they can see that the cash they are getting a share of has
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been deposited in their name.
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But before they can get their hands on the cash, the victims are typically
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asked to hand over more of their own money to help the transfer go ahead.
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Once the South African police discovered the ruse they declared it a national
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priority crime and soon arrested the 18 people behind it.
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Modern gloss
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An briefing paper prepared by NCIS in August on organised crime noted that
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criminals were increasingly turning to the web to lure new victims and give
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old cons a modern gloss.
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The NCIS spokesman urged people who have fallen victim to 419 fraud to come
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forward and help it track down the perpetrators. He said in the last two
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months it had arrested 24 people overseas involved with this type of fraud.
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He said any e-mail, fax or letter making an offer that looks to good too be
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true, undoubtedly is.
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One of the first companies to fall victim to website spoofing was net payment
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service Paypal.
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Conmen set up a fake site and asked people to visit and re-enter their account
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and credit card details because Paypal had lost the information.
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The website link included in the e-mail looked legitimate but in fact directed
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people to a fake domain that gathered details for the conmen's personal use.
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