Hello SM,
Could you please explain what is advance-fee fraud?
> (a) The victim did not file a complaint.
> (b) Facebook did not receive any legal request from the Cyber Crime Unit.
I can't believe we still haven't heard from the Cyber Crime Unit regarding the legal request to Facebook.
Kind regards,
Shelly
> 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 Mon Jan 18 2016 - 16:38:40 PST