Olajide Onikoyi stole a total of £393,000 from 238 victims, including one who lost £19,000. Nigerian Olajide Onikoyi, 29, of Blackley, Manchester, was recently sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for his involvement in a phishing scam targeting students in the UK. Link to article
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Phishing gang face 21-year prison stretch
Three men who ran a phishing scam worth millions have been sentenced to jail terms totalling 21 years, after a succesful case brought by the Met Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), and the US Secret Service. Link to article
Gang of fraudsters stole woman’s £1m savings
A gang of fraudsters who fleeced a woman out of her £1million life savings and blew the cash on cheeseburgers, gold and computers are facing jail. The victim fell prey to a ‘phishing’ scam in which she unwittingly revealed her personal details after receiving a bogus bank email from Egyptian national, Tamer Abdelhamid. Most of […]
Police arrest £1m phishing gang
An investigation by the Met’s Police Central e-Crime Unit has led to the arrest of eight people behind a phishing attack that netted them a woman’s £1 million lifesavings. Link to article