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"Welcome to Video" raid leads to 337 arrests due to Bitcoin Exchanges that use strong KYC

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The darkweb child sexual exploitation video site, "Welcome to Video", first came onto Law Enforcement's attention as a result of a case in the UK, where a geophysicist Matthew Falder was arrested.  When the National Crime Agency was looking into his hard drive, they found he had been a member of "Welcome to Video" which at the time used the  dark  web address mt3plrzdiyqf6jim .onion.  Anyone visiting that website recently would have seen this banner instead: Law enforcement actually got the website through a silly webmaster error.  One of the webpages on the website linked some of its component files by the server's IP address instead of its onion URL address.  The IP address, 121.185.153.45, was a Korea Telecom address.  They got the owner's address details and were able to confirm his identity. After establishing undercover addresses, searches on the website for some common child sexual exploitation searches, and received indications that there

419 scam email from Richard Douglas Department Of Treasury Direct-Account United Nations Fund's Remittance michaelcollinns761@gmail.com dr.douglasrichardd@gmail.com

from: RICHARD DOUGLAS <michaelcollinns761@gmail.com>  reply-to: dr.douglasrichardd@gmail.com to:  bcc:  date: Sep 16, 2019, 2:02 AM subject: FUND TRANSFER mailed-by: gmail.com signed-by: gmail.com Attention: Sir/Madam On behalf of the Department Of Treasury Direct-Account Washington DC, and United Nations Cash Grant Award Payment, we wish to notify you as a beneficiary of $20.5 million dollars in compensation of scam victims, you are the next person to pay for the (Scam victims) am here to inform you that we have verified your inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your inheritance payment. Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank or any offices as this is an illegal act and you have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately. After the board meetin

Facebook Lottery scam email from Mark Zuckerberg Facebook President and CEO proped.pos@ufra.edu.br center98@protonmail.com

Originating IP: 200.129.150.6 Originating ISP: Associação Rede Nacional De Ensino E Pesquisa City: Ananindeua Country of Origin: Brazil from: FACEBOOK INC <proped.pos@ufra.edu.br>  reply-to: FACEBOOK INC <center98@protonmail.com> to:  date: Sep 15, 2019, 6:19 PM subject: Notice mailed-by: ufra.edu.br signed-by: ufra.edu.br FACEBOOK INC 1601 WILLOW ROAD MENLO PARK, CA 94025 www.facebook.com Dear Facebook User: This is to inform you that your Facebook account with email has won a cash prize of 1,000,000,00 EUR (One Million Euro) for the 2019 Edition Facebook Promotion. We Congratulate you on being one of the people selected. You are hereby advised to send the following information to the management of Facebook Inc to process your claim with this email  1. Full name:  2. Country:  3. Contact Address:  4. Telephone Number:  5. Marital Status:  6. Occupation:  7. Company:  8. Age:  Congratulations!! Once again. For security reasons, we advise

Operation ReWired arrests 281 Business Email Compromise criminals

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Operation: ReWired announced on September 10, 2019 On September 10, 2019, the Department of Justice announced that 281 arrests related to Business Email Compromise had been made, with 74 of those arrested being in the United States.  It will take some time to track down the names of all of those arrested, as many of the arrests were overseas.  Twenty-three US Attorneys Offices participated in the Operation, although only five sets of arrests were discussed in the Department of Justice Press Release about Operation ReWired .  While we work to obtain the rest of the information, we'll go ahead and share some details from those already made public in the Press Release. Chicago Business Email Compromise: Stokes & Ninalowo defraud Energy Company and Community College of Millions  The first case involves two major BEC scams that followed the same mold.  The FBI says that an "un-named Community College" with about 15,000 students was doing business with a constr

419 scam email from John Kennedy jk3110338@gmail.com

Originating IP: 198.50.201.15 Originating ISP: Ovh Sas City: Montréal Country of Origin: Canada from: John Kennedy <jk3110338@gmail.com>  reply-to: jk3110338@gmail.com to: Recipients <jk3110338@gmail.com> date: Sep 11, 2019, 4:57 PM subject: Reply Urgently Hello I have a project that I would like to execute with you, however my name is John Kennedy. Kindly permit me to share my project plan with you. In receipts of this message , you are advice to email me back at jk3110338@gmail.com">jk3110338@gmail.com I am waiting for your permission. Warm regards John Kennedy.

419 scam email from Ben Broadbent 44334@uk2.com ben7866@mailbox.org

Originating IP: 212.5.159.59 Originating ISP: Vivacom City: Varna Country of Origin: Bulgaria from: Ben Broadbent <44334@uk2.com>  reply-to: ben7866@mailbox.org to:  date: Sep 12, 2019, 6:25 AM subject: Get back I'm Ben Broadbent from bank of England, i have an inheritance on your name, contact me via mail:  ben7866@mailbox.org

419 scam email from Richard Douglas Department Of Treasury Direct-Account United Nations Fund's Remittance mr.johnmichaeldirector@gmail.com dr.douglasrichardd@gmail.com

from: RICHARD DOUGLAS <mr.johnmichaeldirector@gmail.com>  reply-to: dr.douglasrichardd@gmail.com to:  bcc:  date: Sep 9, 2019, 2:50 AM subject: URGENT REPLY mailed-by: gmail.com signed-by: gmail.com Attention: Sir/Madam On behalf of the Department Of Treasury Direct-Account Washington DC, and United Nations Cash Grant Award Payment, we wish to notify you as a beneficiary of $20.5 million dollars in compensation of scam victims, you are the next person to pay for the (Scam victims) am here to inform you that we have verified your inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your inheritance payment. Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank or any offices as this is an illegal act and you have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately. After the board meet

419 scam email from Mr. Lee Tony United Nations Funds Investigation Unit johnshea112@gmail.com un.fundsinvestigation@gmail.com 347-507-7639 Rev. White Wilson Ofor United State/West African United West Trust Bank uwtbbank.director@gmail.com

from: Mr Lee Fundsinvestigation <johnshea112@gmail.com>  reply-to: un.fundsinvestigation@gmail.com to:  bcc:  date: Sep 3, 2019, 4:42 PM subject: RE:COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER mailed-by: gmail.com signed-by: gmail.com UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION 1775 K ST NW # 400 WASHINGTON D.C., DC 20006-1500, UNITED STATES +1(347) 507-7639 Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary, COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER This is to inform you that, we have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and FBI. We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of African countries and Europe, which includes (Nigeria, United Kingdom, Spain,Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague (Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice. During the cou

419 scam email from Mr. Ben Kelly mods0126@beige.plala.or.jp dhlreceivefunds1@gmail.com +229-90747115

Originating IP: 60.36.166.14 Originating ISP: Ntt Communications Corporation City: Shinagawa-ku Country of Origin: Japan from: Mr. Ben Kelly <mods0126@beige.plala.or.jp>  reply-to: dhlreceivefunds1@gmail.com to:  date: Sep 3, 2019, 3:00 PM subject: Very Urgent, mailed-by: beige.plala.or.jp Very Urgent, It's my pleasure to inform you that your Customized Consignment Box valued $10.5M USD was successful registered with DHL Company for shipment and the Box was scheduled for delivery directly to your door step and you will send $200 for delivery and insurance coverage paper to ensure successful delivery. Do reconfirm your below info; Name: ----------------------------- Address:-------------------------- Country/City:-------------------- Phone:----------------------------- So i will therefore advise you to use below information and send the mailing and insurance coverage fee of $200 via Western Union or Money Gram Money Transfer for immediate dispatching

419 scam email from Mr. Kasim Mohamed kasimmohamed117@gmail.com kasimmohamed5050@gmail.com

from: Mr KASIM MOHAMED <kasimmohamed117@gmail.com>  reply-to: kasimmohamed5050@gmail.com to:  bcc:  date: Sep 3, 2019, 6:05 AM subject: CAN I TRUST YOU MY FRIEND mailed-by: gmail.com signed-by: gmail.com Hi Friend I am a bank director of the International Finance Bank Plc bf .I want to transfer an abandoned sum of 10.5 millions USD  to your account.50% will be for you. No risk involved. Contact me for more details. Kindly reply me back to my alternative email address(kasimmohamed5050@gmail.com) Mr kasim mohamed

419 scam email from Sir Logan Belinsky info.swiftexpresscouriers@gmail.com loganbelinsky1@yahoo.co.uk +44-703198528

from: Sir. Logan Belinsky <info.swiftexpresscouriers@gmail.com>  reply-to: loganbelinsky1@yahoo.co.uk to:  bcc: date: Sep 3, 2019, 2:35 AM subject: Re: need for investment/funding in your country mailed-by: gmail.com signed-by: gmail.com Attn: Sir/Madam I write to you based on a request by an investor and his need for investment/funding in your country. My name is Sir. Logan Belinsky, a private financial consultant with a reputable financial services and consulting firm here in London.  Our services are explicitly available to high esteemed individuals mostly from the Arab Nations as we have a great financial arrangement within the UAE. My company most times represents the interests of very wealthy investors, this is due to the Sensitivity of the position most of them hold in their society and the unstable investment environment of their country, they evacuate majority of their funds into more stable economies and developed nations where they can get good yi

419 scam email from Ahmed Mohammed Shaheen ahmedmohammedshaheen2@gmail.com

from: Ahmed Mohammed Shaheen <ahmedmohammedshaheen2@gmail.com>  to:  bcc:  date: Sep 1, 2019, 1:55 PM subject: Ref: Introduction / Curious to know whether you'll be interested? mailed-by: gmail.com signed-by: gmail.com Dearly Friend, Ref: Introduction / Curious to know whether you'll be interested? Good day to you, With regards to your email - I got it during my private search for reliable individuals.  Therefore, I sincerely hope this will not constitute any sort of embarrassment to you at all. My name is Ahmed Mohammed Shaheen, and I am Curious to know whether you'll be interested in assisting to help me invest my late father's fund and Gold in your country. I am not proposing a transaction that is in anyway illegal, however it involves quite a huge sum of Money and I would honestly prefer to have it done as discreetly as possible by someone who is ambitious and willing to earn a lot through JV Partnership. Furthermore, I must reassure you that

419 scam email from Mr. Leon Jones Fidelity Investment UK Fund Executive Manager brianpirkenss1@gmail.com jonsleon9090@inbox.ru

from: Leon Jones <brianpirkenss1@gmail.com>  reply-to: jonsleon9090@inbox.ru to:  bcc:  date: Aug 28, 2019, 8:48 AM subject: DID YOU GET MY MAIL? ( Please contact me for more details if interested.) mailed-by: gmail.com signed-by: gmail.com Fidelity International Oakhill House 130 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9DZ Dear Friend, I am Mr. Leon Jones, I work as the Fund Executive Manager with Fidelity Investment UK, the world leading Investment & Fund Management Institution based in UK/Channel Island.I have an investor under my portfolio with a closing balance of £ 25.745,000.00 as his first initial deposit. This investor died Nine years ago leaving no WILL or AUTHORIZATION for Re- transfer of his investment and its proceeds to the INHERITOR. I have personally carried out an investigation on the subject matter that took me 12 months to finalize and was made to understand that the family or relatives of the investor knows nothing about

419 scam email from Dr. Edward Fox United Nations u.nation@msn.com +44-7031740179 +44-8447747814 Mr. Victor Etuokwu Access Bank Plc ATM Payment Department Director etuokwumr.victor325@gmail.com

Originating IP: 85.21.29.50 Originating ISP: Pvimpelcom City: Moscow Country of Origin: Russian Federation from: DR. EDWARD FOX <u.nation@msn.com>  reply-to: etuokwumr.victor325@gmail.com to:  date: Aug 27, 2019, 1:45 PM subject: IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION LONDON ANNEX OFFICE UNITED KINGDOM TEL: +44-703-174-0179 FAX: +44-844-774-7814 Dear Fund Beneficiary, IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed united nation secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS monetary unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your funds into their private accounts. To forestall this, security for your funds was organized in the form of your personal Identification nu

419 scam email from Ben Broadbent Bank of England uk@romkat.ro broadbentb@yandex.com

Originating IP: 188.213.217.60 Originating ISP: Softech Srl City: Cluj-napoca Country of Origin: Romania from: Bank of England <uk@romkat.ro>  reply-to: broadbentb@yandex.com to:  date: Aug 28, 2019, 4:21 PM subject: Get back.. mailed-by: romkat.ro signed-by: romkat.ro I'm  Ben Broadbent from bank of england, i have an inheritance on your name,  contact me via mail : broadbentb@yandex.com

419 scam email from Mr. Bruce R. Thompson Bank of America Assistant Director/Head of Remittance Department ms.carmanyoung11@gmail.com brucethom626@yahoo.com

from: BANK OF AMERICA <ms.carmanyoung11@gmail.com>  reply-to: brucethom626@yahoo.com to:  bcc:  date: Aug 28, 2019, 6:38 PM subject: Dear Valued Customer mailed-by: gmail.com signed-by: gmail.com REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT BANK OF AMERICA FROM THE DESK OF MR. BRUCE THOMPSON Assistant Director / Head of Remittance Department Private Coded Telephone Banking, Bank of America Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Dear Valued Customer, I am Mr. Bruce R. Thompson, Assistant Director / Head of Remittance Department. We sincerely apologize for our delay in the release of your approved contract inheritance/ lottery winning payment of $10.5 million United States Dollars as approved by the U.S Treasury Department/ International Monetary Fund (IMF). I humbly wish to inform you that the Department of Credit & Telex control of the BANK OF AMERICA has received an instruction Order to effect

Facebook Lottery scam email from Sheryl Sandberg Facebook Lottery Group ddloney23@gmail.com facebookdisbursement11@gmail.com Mr. Mark Zuckerberg facebook_disbursement1@aol.com 225-244-9157

from: MR. MARK ZUCKERBERG. <ddloney23@gmail.com>  reply-to: facebookdisbursement11@gmail.com to:  bcc:  date: Aug 28, 2019, 8:00 PM subject: Congratulations Dear Winner, mailed-by: gmail.com signed-by: gmail.com FACEBOOK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD. Congratulations Dear Winner, We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held by Facebook Lottery Group in Cash Promotion to encourage the usage of Facebook world wide.The online international lotto promo draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 50,000.00 companies/ corporate bodies and 30.000.000 individual users email addresses from Europe, North & South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East and Africa, were picked by an "Advanced Automated Random Computer Search Machine" from the Facebook Platform. This is a millennium scientific computer which was used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging Facebook Users; ther

419 scam email from Mr. Smith G. Frank International Transfer MNGT and/or Mr. Steve Dale International Bank International Debt Funds Recovery Unit mr.keffeabraham@yahoo.es inf.int010@gmail.com 705-701-7126

from: INTERNATIONAL BANK <mr.keffeabraham@yahoo.es>  reply-to: inf.int010@gmail.com to:  date: Aug 29, 2019, 6:22 PM subject: RE: REPLY BACK TO US NOW.... VERY URGENT.... mailed-by: yahoo.es signed-by: yahoo.es INTERNATIONAL BANK WORKING ALL OVER THE WORLD Departments: Int'l Trans Hours: Open · Closes 6PM · Phone: +1 (705)-701-7126 Customer Service Update E-mail: Our Ref: INTB / ITU / HFE / 1/5 / WD / 019 Registered Claim: UNCCORG/849IMF Attn: ** FUND APPROVED ** WELCOME TO INTERNATIONAL BANK This is to inform you that, we have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and FBI. We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of others countries. As soon as we hear from you, we will communicate with you more. Thank you for your understanding and co-operation. Awaiting for your urgent reply ba

BMW Lottery scam email from Mr. Klaus Frohlich BMW Lottery Department Promotions Director bmwclaimsdpt2015@gmail.com Mr. Hart Joseph BMW Lottery Fiduciary Claims Department bmwclaimsdpt2015@outlook.com

Originating IP: 105.112.27.180 Originating ISP: Celtel Nigeria Limited T.a Zain City: Lagos Country of Origin: Nigeria from: BMW LOTTERY DEPARTMENT <bmwclaimsdpt2015@gmail.com> via bikeyours.top  reply-to: bmwclaimsdpt2015@gmail.com to:  date: Aug 29, 2019, 6:17 PM subject: Be informed.. signed-by: bikeyours.top BMW LOTTERY DEPARTMENT 070 WILSHIRE BLVD LOS ANGELES. CA 90036 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WEBSITE: www.bmwusa.com NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, we (BMW) urge you to treat it genuinely. Dear Winner, This is to inform you that you have been selected for a prize of a brand new 2017/2018 Model BMW 5 Series Car and a Check of $1.500,000.00 USD from the international balloting programs held on the 2nd section in the UNITED STATE OF AMERICA. Description of prize vehicle; Model: 530iA Color (exterior): Metallic Silver Mileage: 5 Transmission: A

419 scam email from Jonathan Lawrence jonathanlawrence69@unc.com jonathanlawrence79@aol.com jonathanlawrence221@outlook.com 929-384-7125

Originating IP: 62.218.79.250 Originating ISP: Hutchison Drei Austria Gmbh City: Schwechat Country of Origin: Austria from: jonathanlawrence69@unc.com  reply-to: jonathanlawrence79@aol.com to: date: Aug 30, 2019, 1:24 PM subject: UN Compensation Grant. Hello, The United Nations in conjunction with the Payment Settlement Commission (PSC), you are been contacted in respect to the release and transfer of your Compensation Payment to you. We are here to help make sure that your funds is released and transferred to you without any delays or complications. Therefore I wait for your immediate response and confirmation to enable us proceed with the process for your funds to me transferred to you. Get back to me immediately you get this email to enable us proceed. Jonathan Lawrence. Tell: +19293847125 Email: jonathanlawrence221@outlook.com