Spanish police have arrested eight individuals suspected of
defrauding over 300 internet users of up to €20 million. According
to ZDNet UK, citing the Spanish Newspaper El Mundo, the suspects
were involved in a Nigerian-led e-mail scam.
It appears that the police arrested five Nigerians, a British
man, a Spanish woman and also a minor whose nationality was not
disclosed. The arrests followed an operation code-named Global
Trust, which was carried out in co-operation with Interpol.
The scam involved sending e-mails ostensibly originating from a
rich African who needs help to access his money, in return for
millions of dollars. According to El Mundo, the group used web
pages designed in the US, and contact with potential victims was
made from a number of countries including the UK, France, Germany
and Pakistan.
It is believed that more than 300 people, most of them in the
US, France, Germany and Spain have already given money to the
fraudsters.
