Chapter
Protecting yourself from email fraud
15:22 - 20:06 (04:44)
Learn how to identify fraudulent emails, like lookalike domains and fake legal documents, and prevent email fraud from stealing your money.
Clips
Ivaldis Avalduz laundered $23 million from Google and $98 million from Facebook using bank accounts he set up in Latvia and Cyprus.
15:22 - 16:28 (01:06)
Summary
Ivaldis Avalduz laundered $23 million from Google and $98 million from Facebook using bank accounts he set up in Latvia and Cyprus. He moved the money to accounts in banks around the world and made it look like normal business dealings with fake legal documents until he was caught.
ChapterProtecting yourself from email fraud
Episode124: Synthetic Remittance
PodcastDarknet Diaries
An episode from the podcast "Darknet Diaries" tells the story of one of the biggest cyber heists in history.
16:28 - 18:17 (01:48)
Summary
An episode from the podcast "Darknet Diaries" tells the story of one of the biggest cyber heists in history. In 2016, the Taiwanese tech company Quanta was tricked into wiring $46 million to a bank in Cyprus by scammers, who pretended to be executives from Quanta and deceived the employees by sending them emails from a domain that looked almost identical to Quanta's real domain.
ChapterProtecting yourself from email fraud
Episode124: Synthetic Remittance
PodcastDarknet Diaries
Despite sophisticated security measures, a small team managed to successfully outsmart Google's defences in a business email compromise scam.
18:17 - 20:06 (01:49)
Summary
Despite sophisticated security measures, a small team managed to successfully outsmart Google's defences in a business email compromise scam. This type of scam is becoming increasingly common and costly for businesses.