By Kevin Krause
Staff Writer
Dallas News.

A Nigerian man living in the U.S. on a student visa faces federal wire fraud charges in connection with a sophisticated email phishing scam targeting businesses.

Amechi Colvis Amuegbunam, 28, of Lagos, Nigeria, was arrested in Baltimore in August and charged with scamming 17 North Texas companies out of more than $600,000 using the technique. He remains in federal custody in Dallas. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.

He is accused of sending emails that looked like forwarded messages from top company executives to employees who had the authority to wire money. Amuegbunam tricked the employees into wiring him money by transposing a couple of letters in the actual company email, authorities said.

The FBI issued an alert earlier this year about the new cyberattack it called the “Business Email Compromise.” The FBI said it is a “growing fraud that is more sophisticated than any similar scam the FBI has seen before.”

Federal officials say more than 7,000 U.S. businesses have been scammed out of a total of about $740 million.

“It’s a prime example of organized crime groups engaging in large-scale, computer-enabled fraud, and the losses are staggering,” said Maxwell Marker, an FBI agent who oversees an organized crime section, in a recent bulletin.

The FBI said it’s the work of organized crime groups from Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

The Dallas investigation began in 2013 when two North Texas companies reported falling victim to the scheme, each losing about $100,000, according to an FBI complaint.

In the case of Luminant Corp., an electric utility company in Dallas, an employee with the authority to wire money received an email from someone who appeared to be a company executive, the complaint said.

But the email domain name had two letters transposed. For example, someone created the email with a domain name of lumniant.com.

The duped employee wired $98,550 to a bank account outside Texas.

The FBI subpoenaed information about the email account and learned it was created by someone named Colvis Amue, the complaint said.

Agents determined that person was Amuegbunam and that he scammed another company out of $146,550, according to the complaint. A third company realized the phishing email was fake and did not send the $381,903 requested.

“The Dallas FBI quickly learned that this was a widespread scheme,” the complaint said.

The FBI has identified five other conspirators who live in Nigeria who are subjects of the investigation.

In these scams, “money mules” are employed to accept the initial transfers into their personal bank accounts. They then are told to quickly transfer the money elsewhere, usually to a bank account outside the U.S. The money usually ends up in Asian banks, including those in China and Hong Kong, the FBI alert said.

The criminals have become experts at imitating invoices and accounts, agents say. The fraudulent emails are typically well worded and specific to the type of business being targeted, the FBI says. The phrases, “code to admin expenses” and “urgent wire transfer,” are frequently used.

In one recent case provided by the FBI, a company accountant received an email from her chief executive, who was on vacation outside the country. He asked her to transfer money for a “time-sensitive acquisition” before the day’s end, according to the FBI. The executive said a lawyer would contact her with more information.

The accountant said such requests were not unusual.

The lawyer sent her an email with her CEO’s signature on a letter of authorization with the company’s seal that was attached. The email gave her instructions to wire more than $737,000 to a bank in China.

The accountant learned about the scam when the CEO called the next day, saying he knew nothing about the wire transfer request.

The FBI said criminal groups usually target businesses that have foreign suppliers or regularly make wire transfer payments.

“They have excellent tradecraft, and they do their homework,” Marker said. “The days of these emails having horrible grammar and being easily identified are largely behind us.”

BELOW IS A PICTURE OF THE IGBO-STUDENT SCAMMER AMECHI COLVIS AMUEGBUNAM

Hmmm

FTC... should fraudsters be given equal treatment with muderers and rapists to curb this destructive menance

I'm not surprised. Don't ask me why

They never disappoint.

God...!!! Our reputation don finish...!

FisifunKododada:
By Kevin Krause
Staff Writer
Dallas News.

A Nigerian man living in the U.S. on a student visa faces federal wire fraud charges in connection with a sophisticated email phishing scam targeting businesses.

Amechi Colvis Amuegbunam, 28, of Lagos, Nigeria, was arrested in Baltimore in August and charged with scamming 17 North Texas companies out of more than $600,000 using the technique. He remains in federal custody in Dallas. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.

He is accused of sending emails that looked like forwarded messages from top company executives to employees who had the authority to wire money. Amuegbunam tricked the employees into wiring him money by transposing a couple of letters in the actual company email, authorities said.

The FBI issued an alert earlier this year about the new cyberattack it called the “Business Email Compromise.” The FBI said it is a “growing fraud that is more sophisticated than any similar scam the FBI has seen before.”

Federal officials say more than 7,000 U.S. businesses have been scammed out of a total of about $740 million.

“It’s a prime example of organized crime groups engaging in large-scale, computer-enabled fraud, and the losses are staggering,” said Maxwell Marker, an FBI agent who oversees an organized crime section, in a recent bulletin.

The FBI said it’s the work of organized crime groups from Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

The Dallas investigation began in 2013 when two North Texas companies reported falling victim to the scheme, each losing about $100,000, according to an FBI complaint.

In the case of Luminant Corp., an electric utility company in Dallas, an employee with the authority to wire money received an email from someone who appeared to be a company executive, the complaint said.

But the email domain name had two letters transposed. For example, someone created the email with a domain name of lumniant.com.

The duped employee wired $98,550 to a bank account outside Texas.

The FBI subpoenaed information about the email account and learned it was created by someone named Colvis Amue, the complaint said.

Agents determined that person was Amuegbunam and that he scammed another company out of $146,550, according to the complaint. A third company realized the phishing email was fake and did not send the $381,903 requested.

“The Dallas FBI quickly learned that this was a widespread scheme,” the complaint said.

The FBI has identified five other conspirators who live in Nigeria who are subjects of the investigation.

In these scams, “money mules” are employed to accept the initial transfers into their personal bank accounts. They then are told to quickly transfer the money elsewhere, usually to a bank account outside the U.S. The money usually ends up in Asian banks, including those in China and Hong Kong, the FBI alert said.

The criminals have become experts at imitating invoices and accounts, agents say. The fraudulent emails are typically well worded and specific to the type of business being targeted, the FBI says. The phrases, “code to admin expenses” and “urgent wire transfer,” are frequently used.

In one recent case provided by the FBI, a company accountant received an email from her chief executive, who was on vacation outside the country. He asked her to transfer money for a “time-sensitive acquisition” before the day’s end, according to the FBI. The executive said a lawyer would contact her with more information.

The accountant said such requests were not unusual.

The lawyer sent her an email with her CEO’s signature on a letter of authorization with the company’s seal that was attached. The email gave her instructions to wire more than $737,000 to a bank in China.

The accountant learned about the scam when the CEO called the next day, saying he knew nothing about the wire transfer request.

The FBI said criminal groups usually target businesses that have foreign suppliers or regularly make wire transfer payments.

“They have excellent tradecraft, and they do their homework,” Marker said. “The days of these emails having horrible grammar and being easily identified are largely behind us.”

BELOW IS A PICTURE OF THE IGBO-STUDENT SCAMMER AMECHI COLVIS AMUEGBUNAM

if white man call you monkey what will you say? I pity you tribalist that's why you remain stagnant. I weep for nigeria, my belove country. Hatred have sow a seed in average nigerian. Well when you die tell the maggot or worm that you are yoruba so that you will not decay or tell mr death you are from southwest.

Igbo intelligence on display

jcross19:
1.if white man call you monkey what will you say? 2.I pity you tribalist that's why you remain stagnant. 3.I weep for nigeria, my belove country. 4.Hatred have sow a seed in average nigerian. Well 5.when you die tell the maggot or worm that you are yoruba so that you will not decay or tell mr death you are from southwest.

1. I ONLY answer to my given name. Thank you very much.

2. I don't know about you BUT I am doing VERY well. Thank you very much.

3. Its time to stop weeping and start telling our fellow citizens to STOP rubbishing our IMAGE abroad.

4. Exposing EVIL wherever it may be found is NOT the same thing as hatred.

5. EVERYONE is gonna die and EVERYONE is gonna rot - quite IRRELEVANT to our IMAGE abroad.

FisifunKododada:


1. I ONLY answer to my given name. Thank you very much.

2. I don't know about you BUT I am doing VERY well. Thank you very much.

3. Its start to stop weeping and start telling our fellow citizens to STOP rubbishing our IMAGE abroad.

4. Exposing EVIL wherever it may be found is NOT the same thing as hatred.

5. EVERYONE is gonna die and EVERYONE is gonna rot - quite IRRELEVANT to our IMAGE abroad.

exposing evil? Why can't you move to oshodi to tell them all these . Your image? What will be worst than they see you as a terrorist? And are you better than the suspect?.stop tribalism.

2 Yoruba Students jailed over £19million internet scam In UK..

Two young Nigerians based in Manchester, United Kingdom have been punished by a Crown Court for their part in a Nigerian inspired internet banking scam which could have netted a phenomenal £19million after hacking the accounts of nearly 2,500 people.
The Mail Online reported today that Aderoju Bammeke, 22, and his girlfriend Jessica Ogunyemi, 20, both of Manchester, were the UK ‘platform’ for a Nigerian ‘phishing’ scam that made £41,000 in just two months.
The plot, alleged to be masterminded by a gang based in Nigeria, involved sending fake emails to customers of banks including Barclays and Halifax.
According to The Mail report, the emails told recipients that their accounts had been hacked and asked them to complete a form with their log-in details
LINK.
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/10/08/2-nigerians-jailed-over-19million-internet-scam/

Sai Baba

9 Yoruba People Arrested For Fraud In United State.

A United States federal grand jury in the district of Maryland has indicted nine Nigerians over allegations that they conspired to defraud elderly victims of millions of dollars.
The Nigerians are accused of engaging in fraudulent online romantic relationships and risk 20 years in jail, a statement by the U.S. Department of Justice said.
According to the statement, the suspects are Gbenga Ogundele, Mukhtar Haruna, Victor Oloyede, Olusegun Ogunseye, Babatunde Popoola, Adeyinka Awolaja, Mojisola Popoola, Olusola Ola, Victor Oloyede and Olufemi Williams.
Except Mr. Haruna who is based in Lagos, Nigeria, others live in the US are all aged over 40, apart from Mr. William who is 26.
While the statement said only Mr. Haruna was yet to be arrested, it confirmed the arrests of the remaining alleged internet fraudsters on September 30, same day they appeared before a federal court in Greenbelt and Illinois.
LINK.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/191241-u-s-indicts-9-nigerians-over-online-romance-fraud.html

jcross19:
exposing evil? 1.Why can't you move to oshodi to tell them all these . Your image? 2.What will be worst than they see you as a terrorist? And 3.are you better than the suspect?.5.stop tribalism.

1.[/b]I live in the US I can't be monitoring OSHODI from here. If you find any EVIL that needs EXPOSING in Oshodi please do it and I will support you wholeheartedly.

[b]2. Its not enough to condemn Boko Haram ALONE we ALSO have to condemn Fraudsters like Mr.AMECHI COLVIS AMUEGBUNAM

3. Yes. I am better than Mr. Amuegbunam because I work LEGALLY for my own money and WILL NEVER take what belongs to another.

4. AGAIN: Exposing EVIL WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND IS NOT TRIBALISM.

The most shameful part is when Yorubas oppose their call to secede

Op

If Igbos bring so much shame to Nigeria, why not let them go rather than keep a people who bring shame to Nigeria.

Click like if you think I am right

Click share if you think I am wrong.

FisifunKododada:
See the reaction of Americans to the IGBO STUDENT SCAMMER

Lol for every 10 of this , there's 30 more of your people .. But i get it , you just had to prove that scam is not from one region

bwahahahahahah

Udmaster:
2 Yoruba Students jailed over £19million internet scam In UK..

Two young Nigerians based in Manchester, United Kingdom have been punished by a Crown Court for their part in a Nigerian inspired internet banking scam which could have netted a phenomenal £19million after hacking the accounts of nearly 2,500 people.
The Mail Online reported today that Aderoju Bammeke, 22, and his girlfriend Jessica Ogunyemi, 20, both of Manchester, were the UK ‘platform’ for a Nigerian ‘phishing’ scam that made £41,000 in just two months.
The plot, alleged to be masterminded by a gang based in Nigeria, involved sending fake emails to customers of banks including Barclays and Halifax.
According to The Mail report, the emails told recipients that their accounts had been hacked and asked them to complete a form with their log-in details
LINK.
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/10/08/2-nigerians-jailed-over-19million-internet-scam/

32 YORUBAS ARRESTED FOR CREDIT CARD SCAM IN USA.

- Credit card fraudsters purchased fake identities for computer hackers, Hudson County prosecutor says
Some 32 people, including a Hudson County jail nurse, have been arrested in a multimillion, multi-state identity theft and credit card fraud ring.
Using store video and physical surveillance, the detectives were able to identify several suspects, authorities state. Detectives then linked those suspects to hundreds of other accounts and millions of dollars in phony transactions.
The leaders of the group, authorities say, purchased the identities of unsuspecting victims from online brokers, who got the information from computer hackers across the United States.

The investigation has identified nearly 1,000 victims across the country and millions of dollars in phony transactions, authorities say.
Authorities say the suspects spent the proceeds on luxury cars, high-end jewelry and other lavish expenses. Some of the money was additionally sent to accounts in Nigeria, authorities say.
Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Guy Gregory commended a long list of agencies that were involved in the take down, saying, "The operation could not have succeeded without their assistance."
Defendants charged with money laundering, theft by deception, wrongful impersonation and conspiracy include: Bolaji Ola, 30, of Sayreville; Olamide Otti, 27, of Queens; Akintunde Adeyemi, 28, of East Orange; David Adekunle, 27, of Parlin; Adegbola Adedeji, 31, of Parlin; Oluwaseu.n Jato, 23, of Hillside; Oluwasola Diji, 31, of Westbury, NY; Oladapo Araromi, 26, of Elizabeth; and Bertrand Olaniyi, 25, of South Orange.
Those charged with theft by deception, wrongful impersonation, and conspiracy include: Oluwaseun Adekoya, 25, of Sewaren; Henry Olawale, 25, of Union; Babatunde Oyefeso, 27, Union; Michael Assih, 24, of East Orange; John Tunde, 32, of Brooklyn; Idris Soyemi, 25, of Brooklyn; Imrahim Akaba, 23, of Piscataway; Vladimir Francois, 27, of Newark; Yves Desir, 29, of Irvington; Aglaide Alzuphar, 23, of Newark; Kossi Klutse, 25, of Newark; Evon Morris, 23, of East Orange; Fontessa Foreman, 27, of Newark; Olutoye Babatunde, 22, of Plainfield; Olukayode Adeosun, 30, of Newark; Gologo Benshaw, 25, of Newark; Olushola Ayeni, 31, of Brooklyn; Orwells Oyakhire, 24, of Maplewood.
Oladayo Araromi, 26, of Linden and Olujimi Williams, 24 of Hillside were charged with conspiracy. Matthew Sabo, 29, of Sayreville and Vijay Shah, 24, of Springfield, are charged with fencing, conspiracy, and receiving stolen property.
http://www.nj.com/

Udmaster:
2 Yoruba Students jailed over £19million internet scam In UK..

Two young Nigerians based in Manchester, United Kingdom have been punished by a Crown Court for their part in a Nigerian inspired internet banking scam which could have netted a phenomenal £19million after hacking the accounts of nearly 2,500 people.
The Mail Online reported today that Aderoju Bammeke, 22, and his girlfriend Jessica Ogunyemi, 20, both of Manchester, were the UK ‘platform’ for a Nigerian ‘phishing’ scam that made £41,000 in just two months.
The plot, alleged to be masterminded by a gang based in Nigeria, involved sending fake emails to customers of banks including Barclays and Halifax.
According to The Mail report, the emails told recipients that their accounts had been hacked and asked them to complete a form with their log-in details
LINK.
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/10/08/2-nigerians-jailed-over-19million-internet-scam/

you are a big fooool! Am sure you ar a scammer too! The long arm of the law will some catch you!

FisifunKododada:


1.[/b]I live in the US I can't be monitoring OSHODI from here. If you find any EVIL that needs EXPOSING in Oshodi please do it and I will support you wholeheartedly.

[b]2. Its not enough to condemn Boko Haram ALONE we ALSO have to condemn Fraudsters like Mr.AMECHI COLVIS AMUEGBUNAM

3. Yes. I am better than Mr. Amuegbunam because I work LEGALLY for my own money and WILL NEVER take what belongs to another.

4. AGAIN: Exposing EVIL WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND IS NOT TRIBALISM.

STFU!!!

Your years of living in the US couldn't even change you, you should be ashamed of yourself, bigot!

6 Yoruba Nigerian Nationals Extradited from South Africa to U.S to Face Internet Fraud Charges

Six Yoruba Nigerians nationals were extradited from South Africa to Gulfport, Mississippi, to face a nine-count federal indictment in the Southern District of Mississippi alleging various Internet fraud schemes. A total of 20 defendants are charged in this case.
Assistant Attorney GeneralLeslie R. Caldwellof the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis of the Southern District of Mississippi made the announcement.
The Arrested are Oladimeji Tunde Ayelotan,30;Rasaq Aderoju Raheem, 31;Olusegun Seyi Shonekan,33;Taofeeq Olamilekan Oyelade,30;Olufemi Obaro Omoraka,26; andAnuoluwapo Segun Adegbemigun,39
LINK.
http://www.bellanaija.com/2015/07/6-nigerian-nationals-extradited-from-south-africa-to-u-s-to-face-internet-fraud-charges/

knightsTempler:


STFU!!!

Your years of living in the US couldn't even change you, you should be ashamed of yourself, bigot!

au contraire it seems its you that has[b] refused to change[/b] your evil ways of DEFENDING CRIMINALS. Which, quite frankly, makes you a loser. In the Western World, those that defend criminals are considered worse than the scum of the earth.

Osahon7:
you are a big fooool! Am sure you ar a scammer too! The long arm of the law will some catch you!

you are a dust bin product.

would it be ok if he didn't claim to be from lagos?



op you need to go back to school for proper training.

Lol, I am seeing some Yoruba names here o.
Udmaster nice one...
Is like some people wanna orgasm with this not knowing theirs are multiple orgasm to others.
Lmao.

Udmaster you are doing a great job.

Yoruba Couple in the UK Jailed for Trying to Claim £3.8m in Benefits Scam using 1,400 Identities

-Exactly one week ago, BN brought you news of a Nigerian couple that was arrested in the UK for falsely claiming about £43,000 in benefits.The story elicited much fury from readers who were disappointed at the bad image they portrayed about Nigerians abroad.
It is therefore saddening to read news of yet another Nigerian couple arrested in the UK for securing £87,000 from fraudulent claims totalling £3.8million over four years.
Adeola Thomas, 38, and his partner,Abimbola Abiola, 34, managed to pocket £87,000 after using 1,400 stolen identities to complete 2,495 handwritten tax and benefits claims forms.
And just like the other couple that was reported to have lavishly spent the money on a house in Nigeria, the pair spent the money on designer clothing and electrical items including a 50-inch plasma television.
The fraud was discovered when benefits staff at HM Revenue & Customs noticed they had received multiple tax credit claims from the same addresses.
LINK.
http://www.bellanaija.com/2012/09/nigerian-couple-in-the-uk-jailed-for-trying-to-claim-3-8m-in-benefits-scam-using-1400-identities/

jcross19:
if white man call you monkey what will you say? I pity you tribalist that's why you remain stagnant. I weep for nigeria, my belove country. Hatred have sow a seed in average nigerian. Well when you die tell the maggot or worm that you are yoruba so that you will not decay or tell mr death you are from southwest.

don't blame dis man..i don't support such..but we have seen thread when gud thing happen our brothers try to segregate themselves.. that's wen u wld see.. An igbo boy living in USA developed a new world class device..Truth must be told!

Now now children... Stop fighting and go and do your homework. Why can't Nigerians focus on how to make CASH legitimately instead of arguing like little girls on Nairaland. Abeg who knows where to buy wholesale Gym equipment in Lagos?

FisifunKododada:


1.[/b]I live in the US I can't be monitoring OSHODI from here. If you find any EVIL that needs EXPOSING in Oshodi please do it and I will support you wholeheartedly.

[b]2. Its not enough to condemn Boko Haram ALONE we ALSO have to condemn Fraudsters like Mr.AMECHI COLVIS AMUEGBUNAM

3. Yes. I am better than Mr. Amuegbunam because I work LEGALLY for my own money and WILL NEVER take what belongs to another.

4. AGAIN: Exposing EVIL WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND IS NOT TRIBALISM.

The way I see it,he's name is more important to you than he's crime.

Udmaster:
you are a dust bin product.

the thread is talking about a Nigeria scammer who unfortunately is an ibo person! YoU want to tribalized d tribalized shea? God will soon punish you