Two Nigerians in US jailed for $2.4m cyber fraud
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According to court documents and evidence presented during the sentencing proceedings, the pair spent nearly two years targeting businesses across the US through email-spamming and phishing campaigns.
The DOJ said the two, along with their criminal network, created spoofed email addresses designed to resemble those of victims or their business partners.
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