A Nigeria-based scammer has been implicated in a sophisticated business email compromise (BEC) scheme that defrauded an American donor of250,300 in cryptocurrency. The perpetrator impersonated Steve Witkoff, Co-Chair of the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, using a deceptive email address that closely resembled the official domain. The fraudulent email directed the victim to transfer funds to a cryptocurrency wallet, under the pretense of supporting the inauguration committee.
On December 24, 2024, the victim received an email from an address mimicking the official Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee domain. The scammer replaced a lowercase "i" with a lowercase "l" in the domain name, making the fraudulent email appear legitimate. Believing the request to be authentic, the victim transferred 250,300 USDT.ETH to the specified cryptocurrency wallet on December 26, 2024. The funds were quickly laundered through multiple wallets.
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