The FBI says in its latest Internet Crime Report from 2020, it received a record number of internet crimes complaints.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A Nigerian scam lands in the mail of an Escondido man. He knew right away it was a scheme but not everyone does.
The FBI says in its latest Internet Crime report (IC3) from 2020, it received a record number of internet crime complaints.
While it may be a game of whack-a-mole to track down the fraudsters, investigators are hard at work to shut them down.
When Darin Bennett opened his mail, he noticed it was postmarked from another country.
“I was thinking, ‘hey I got a letter from France look at me,’” said Bennett.
But inside the envelope was a letter from a man in Spain.
“I instantly started laughing I knew it was a scam,” said Bennett.
The letterhead was marked from an attorney named Jorge Antonio Capilla Abogados, it was addressed to Darin claiming a dead distant relative named, Ken Bennett, left $6.5 million Euros in a bank in Spain.
“I have no idea and he is not related to me,” said Bennett.
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