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‘Scattered Canary’ BEC Scams Aim At US Firms

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The group’s genesis traces to West Africa in 2008, where Craigslist was used as a conduit to send counterfeit checks. As reported, he paid the money back, and even paid legal fees for the firm. companies and government agencies. The fraud evolved into romance scams a few years later, then BEC scams in 2015. “I