FBI Targets Cyber-Security Fraudsters

A gang which made more than $ 72m (£ 45m) peddling fake security software was concluded in a series of raids.

Coordinated by the FBI, were carried out raids in the U.S., Britain and six other countries.

The money has been selling software to find the alleged security risk to PCs and then asked for money to fix nonexistent problems.

The raids seized 40 computers are used to doing wrong tricked scans and host websites, the people in the use of the software.
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Over a million people are believed to install the fake security software, have also called scareware, and handed up to $ 129 for their copy. Those who had not paid, but the code was downloaded bombarded with pop-ups warning them about the alleged safety problems.

Raids in Latvia as part of the attack on the bonds allowed the police to take control of five bank accounts to withdraw cash from the ringleader of the group performed to gain funnel.

Although no arrests are believed to have been made during the raids, said the FBI seized computers would analyze and continue their investigation.

The raids on the gang were part of an international effort called Operation Trident tribunal. A total of raids were carried out in 12 nations, two separate gangs peddle Scareware done to thwart.

The second band used to provide ads to trick victims with booby traps. By Latvian police raids on the gang led to the arrest of Peteris Sahurovs Maslobojeva and Marina, who are supposed to do.

According to the FBI, the couple worked their scam by pretending he wanted to put an advertising agency, the ads on the website of the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper.

Once the ads began running, the pair have allegedly changed to install imitates fake security software on victims' machines, the infection caused by a virus. On the payment of a fee called the infection was cured. Those who had their machine to pay was found unusable until they pass over cash.

This trick is believed to have a return of over $ 2m.

"Scareware is just another tactic that cyber criminals use to make money from citizens and businesses around the world," Snow said Gordon assistant director of the FBI Cyber ​​Division in a statement.