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$11M Email Scam at Caterpillar Pinned to Nigerian Businessman

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday August 21 2019, @06:43AM   
from the from-butterfly-to-caterpillar dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow2718

A Nigerian national that was on Forbes' list of the most promising entrepreneurs in Africa stands accused of business email compromise fraud that stole $11 million from one victim alone.

Obinwanne Okeke is the founder of Invictus Group, involved in construction, agriculture, oil and gas, telecoms and real estate, according. In 2016, Forbes added him to its "Africa's 30 under 30" young business owners.

Fast forward three years later, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issues an arrest warrant in Okeke's name for alleged conspiracies to commit computer and wire fraud.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/11m-email-scam-at-caterpillar-pinned-to-nigerian-businessman/

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Original Submission

• Business as usual...for africa (Score: 2) by Alfred on Wednesday August 21 2019, @02:01PM

  by Alfred (4006) on Wednesday August 21 2019, @02:01PM (#883124) Journal

  The phrase "godless heathens" applies not because they are godless or heathens but because they act the way godless heathens would without morals or thoughts of others. I've know american atheists to act more morally than this type. If the good africans could get a foot in the door it would be a better place. Its like why you can't have an honest politician, actual honesty make you unelectable.

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