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124: Synthetic Remittance
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20:03
Published: Tue Sep 20 2022
Description

What do you get when you combine social engineering, email, crime, finance, and the money stream flowing through big tech? Evaldas Rimašauskas comes to mind. He combined all these to make his big move. A whale of a move. Sponsors Support for this show comes from Linode. Linode supplies you with virtual servers. Visit linode.com/darknet and get a special offer. Support for this show comes from Axonius. The Axonius solution correlates asset data from your existing IT and security solutions to provide an always up-to-date inventory of all devices, users, cloud instances, and SaaS apps, so you can easily identify coverage gaps and automate response actions. Axonius gives IT and security teams the confidence to control complexity by mitigating threats, navigating risk, decreasing incidents, and informing business-level strategy — all while eliminating manual, repetitive tasks. Visit axonius.com/darknet to learn more and try it free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chapters
Jack tells a short story about Warren Buffett's investment strategy and the prevalence of get-rich-quick schemes on the internet, before sharing an anecdote about an ordinary man who actually succeeded in making a fortune quickly.
00:00 - 01:30 (01:30)
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Personal Finance
Summary

Jack tells a short story about Warren Buffett's investment strategy and the prevalence of get-rich-quick schemes on the internet, before sharing an anecdote about an ordinary man who actually succeeded in making a fortune quickly.

Episode
124: Synthetic Remittance
Podcast
Darknet Diaries
This transcript talks about companies with checkbooks for major purchases, and mentions Brave's browser as a tool that allows advanced features while prioritizing user privacy.
01:30 - 05:28 (03:58)
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Business
Summary

This transcript talks about companies with checkbooks for major purchases, and mentions Brave's browser as a tool that allows advanced features while prioritizing user privacy.

Episode
124: Synthetic Remittance
Podcast
Darknet Diaries
Evaldus Rimasauskas executed a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam to defraud Facebook and Google out of over $100 million by creating a fake company and invoices for services never rendered.
05:28 - 15:22 (09:54)
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Cybersecurity
Summary

Evaldus Rimasauskas executed a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam to defraud Facebook and Google out of over $100 million by creating a fake company and invoices for services never rendered.

Episode
124: Synthetic Remittance
Podcast
Darknet Diaries
Learn how to identify fraudulent emails, like lookalike domains and fake legal documents, and prevent email fraud from stealing your money.
15:22 - 20:06 (04:44)
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Email fraud
Summary

Learn how to identify fraudulent emails, like lookalike domains and fake legal documents, and prevent email fraud from stealing your money.

Episode
124: Synthetic Remittance
Podcast
Darknet Diaries