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Agari releases new study on BEC fraud gang; now by Russians
- Claim money needed for an acquisition in Asia
- Nearly perfect English in emails
- Also impersonate real prominent UK lawyers
- Actively avoid use of mules in the US; money goes to Hong Kong, or sometimes Romania
Virus benefit theft
- North Carolina: DOJ seizes $49,000 in unemployment benefits obtained by scammers; much of the money first went to romance fraud victims
- Seattle, Washington: Doctor arrested for fraud in seeking $3 million in paycheck protection loans
- Massachusetts recovers $158 million in unemployment payments that went to scammers; money sent from 58,000 bogus claims
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