Suspected Phishing Email Fraudster Arrested in Nigeria

A Nigerian man has been arrested by Interpol and African cops on suspicion of running a multi-continent cybercrime network that specialised in sending phishing emails to businesses. His alleged operation was behind so-called business email compromise (BEC), a combination of fraud and social engineering in which employees at targeted firms are duped into doing things like wiring money to scammers or sending sensitive information abroad. 

This is done by impersonating executives or suppliers and sending messages with instructions on where to deliver payments or data, often by getting into an employee’s work email account. The 37-year-arrest old’s is part of a year-long counter-BEC operation code-named Operation Delilah, which began with intelligence from cybersecurity firms Group-IB and Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, and Trend Micro. 

According to the groups involved, Op Delilah, which began in May 2021, is another success story from Interpol’s Cyber Fusion Center, a public-private partnership between law enforcement and industry experts based in Singapore. The arrest, however, comes after the FBI issued a strong warning about BEC earlier this month, claiming that it is still the most costly threat to businesses throughout the world. Between June 2016 and December 2022, email scams cost businesses and people at least $43.3 billion. 

The FBI stated

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