Multiple arrests with verification and romantic fraud in aircraft operations throughout Africa

Some 260 suspects of the scammers suspects are accused of stabbing in 14 countries.

Working, integrated by Interpol and Supported by the UK, aimed at criminal networks and digital platforms to remove money from victims of romance, and the so-called Blackmail used.

More than 1,400 victims throughout Ghana, Kenya, Angola, and elsewhere have shown their total loss of their total loss about $ 2.8m (£ 2.1m).

The Global Police Network has said to have been committed to “disturbing and issued groups that have been robbed from vulnerable people”.

During July and August, police pointed to IP addresses, digital infrastructure, telecommunications and profiles linked to SCAM types.

This leads to the following arrests resulted in USB Drives, SIM cards and documents, as well as taking 81 crimes in Africa in Africa, the Interpol said.

“Cyber ​​criminal units reported a sharp rising crime that is similar to the verification and romantic crime,” said Cyril Gut, executive Director of Interpol.

He said the growth of online platforms opened new opportunities for criminal networks to exploit victims “cause financial losses and mental injury”.

About 68 suspects were arrested in Ghana, where managers held 835 devices and pointed 108 victims during surgery. The investigators when they receive $ 70,000 from an estimated $ 450,000 in cash loss.

Scammers in Ghana are issued payments that use a list of programs, including Fake Courier and customized shipping fees. They secretly recorded the closed videos at clear times and used them to black people.

In Senegal, police arrested 22 suspects and killed a celebrity-income network and used emotional deception to communication and dating platforms will be about $ 34,000.

The total number of 65 devices, reliable documents and transfers recordings are held during performance.

And in Ivory Coast, the police arrested 24 suspects, held 29 devices and identified 809 victims. Scammers use fake profiles online in blackmail victims, seeking payments to prevent public exposure.

Eight victims were arrested in Angola when the authorities produce 28 and international domestics, mainly targeted by social media. Scammers use fake documents to create false identity, making financial transactions and hide their original ownership while involving victims.

Some countries are involved in working under the joint work in Africa against Cyber-Crime Project filing Bubin, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Zambia.

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