Articles about scam, scammers, background checks and scam investigations
Internet-scammers are arrested in Yoshkar-Ola
The activities of a criminal group were stopped in Yoshkar-Ola. The participants made acquaintances with foreigners over the Internet, corresponded with them and asked for serious amounts of money under the pretext of marriage.
Bringing Russian crime to Western shores requires an ongoing transfer of money-making assets to foreign markets where the successful utilization of those assets employs a strategy of (a) using money from criminal activities to set up and expand Russian Mafia businesses...
One of men, William from the USA, responded to our advertising of our services: 'I was scammed once for $2000 and it really upset me. But I have since recovered my money and some more by scamming the scammers!! I go to the scammers website and just pick one. Then I start setting her up. You would be surprised how vulnerable these women are! They are stupid!'
What Russian laws do scammers violate?
Letter to the Minister of MVD and UBEP
Questions to a professional scammer (interview with a scammer)
Some warning signs ('red flags')