The popular security expert Brian Krebs has reviewed a dating scam package offered in the underground by Russians fraudsters. The scammer pretends to be a young woman in a desolate region of Russia who is desperate for a new life, and the email from the girls supposed mother is intended to add legitimacy to the scheme. Customers who average 30 scam letters per day can expect to earn roughly $2,000 a week, not so bad! Although Russia is a hostile country toward homosexuals, the proprietor of the scam package included templates for targeting gay men.”]
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