Hi Kendy,
There is a news article about Facebook fraud at
http://defimedia.info/facebook-offre-de-prets-un-attrape-nigaud-14222/
According to the Cyber Crime Unit: "Retracer ces
escrocs du web n’est guère chose aisée. Il faut
réclamer un Judge’s order en Cour suprême. Il
faut passer par Interpol, ce qui prend souvent
plus un mois. Parfois, les délinquants du net
utilisent divers serveurs, ce qui rend leur
traque difficile ...". The news article mentions
that most of the victims who contacted the Cyber
Crime Unit are young and that they do not usually file a complaint.
The scheme is known as advance-fee fraud. The
investigation carried by the journalist from Défi
Plus will help people understand how the fraud
works and, hopefully, how to avoid being a victim of advance-fee fraud.
According to Facebook statistics there hasn't
been any local investigation relating to
fraudulent activities on Facebook over the past year. It is either because:
(a) The victim did not file a complaint.
(b) Facebook did not receive any legal request from the Cyber Crime Unit.
I could not find any official statistics about
advance-fee fraud in Mauritius. According to
statistics from non-local sources there were
three active advance-free fraud rings operating in Mauritius in 2013.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Sun Jan 17 2016 - 09:43:16 PST