Posing as Contractors, Nigerians Scammed Project Owners for Nearly $6M, FBI Says

Three Nigerian citizens are facing U.S. criminal charges over alleged scams
that targeted construction contractors and public project owners.
Prosecutors say the scams netted nearly $6 million and involved the
defendants posing as five different contractors.  [...]

To carry out the scam, prosecutors say the defendants obtained information
about large construction projects, including the names of project owners,
companies that won contracts and contract dollar amounts.

They then registered website domain names similar to those of actual
contractors. Using email …

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