Top Nigerian scammer behind the popular scams, only known as "Mike" was recently apprehended in Port-Harcourt by INTERPOL and the Nigerian security agency. The team is said to have scammed people globally, and their scam is worth $60m.
Mike is the leader of the fraudulent team, and their operations involve using malware to compromise email and also romance scams. According to INTERPOL, "In one case, a target was conned into paying out $15.4 m"
Mike also runs a money laundering service in US, Europe and China;
The network compromised email accounts of small to medium-sized businesses around the world including in Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Romania, South Africa, Thailand and the United States.
Then Mike and his team would send email to buyers on how to make payments to account under their control.
The suspect and accomplice involved in the scam will face charges including hacking, conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences.
At the moment of writing, the men are out of jail after meeting their bail requirement.