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FIVE ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN FALL PRAY TO HACKING CRIMES THIS YEAR
13:14 17.09.13
Five Armenian businessmen fell victim to internet swindling in the past
months of 2013, having lost a total of $1.5million, FACTINFOreported.
The criminal cases launched in this connection are still in progress,
with the inquest authorities not yet making any individual or company
names public.
Speaking to Pastinfo, Arthur Goyunyan, the head of a cybercrime
department at the national security agencies, dwelled on certain
up-to-date methods of cybercrimes.
"A criminal, who had gained access to the electronic correspondence
between an Armenian businessman and a foreign partner and later
created an electronic imitation (clone) of the e-mail, suggested
that the payments be transferred to another account, after making
slight changes in the address and creating an illusion that the
correspondence is with the same person. The Armenian businessman
made the transfer to the fake account, without the slightest doubt,
and thus excluded the foreign partner from the game," he told website.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
13:14 17.09.13
Five Armenian businessmen fell victim to internet swindling in the past
months of 2013, having lost a total of $1.5million, FACTINFOreported.
The criminal cases launched in this connection are still in progress,
with the inquest authorities not yet making any individual or company
names public.
Speaking to Pastinfo, Arthur Goyunyan, the head of a cybercrime
department at the national security agencies, dwelled on certain
up-to-date methods of cybercrimes.
"A criminal, who had gained access to the electronic correspondence
between an Armenian businessman and a foreign partner and later
created an electronic imitation (clone) of the e-mail, suggested
that the payments be transferred to another account, after making
slight changes in the address and creating an illusion that the
correspondence is with the same person. The Armenian businessman
made the transfer to the fake account, without the slightest doubt,
and thus excluded the foreign partner from the game," he told website.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian