An international police officer business dislocated one online spoofing service that allowed criminals to impersonate reputable companies to steal more than $120 million from their victims.
The iSpoof, currently displaying a message stating that it has been seized by the FBI, offered "spoofing" services that allowed malicious users who pay to exchange their phone numbers with someone from a trusted organization such as banks and tax authorities. Then he could launch attacks social engineering very easily.
“Οι υπηρεσίες του ιστότοπου επέτρεπαν σε όσους εγγράφονται να πραγματοποιούν ανώνυμα ψευδείς κλήσεις, να στέλνουν ηχογραφημένα μηνύματα και να χρησιμοποιούν κωδικούς πρόσβασης μίας χρήσης”, αναφέρει η Europol in a statement. "Users could impersonate an unlimited number of organizations for financial gain and significant losses from their victims."
London's Metropolitan Police, which began investigating iSpoof in June 2021 alongside international law enforcement agencies from the US, the Netherlands and Ukraine, said it had arrested the site's administrator, Teejai Fletcher, 34 years old, and is accused of fraud and offenses related to organized crime.
Fletcher was remanded in custody and will appear at Southwark Crown Court in London on December 6.
iSpoof had approximately 59.000 users, and caused $58,2 million in damages to just 200.000 identified victims in United Kingdom, according to the Met Police. One victim alone lost $3,64 million, while the average amount stolen was $12.100.
