Criminals are said to have stolen over 100 million euros via a spoofing service. Now Europol has put a stop to them. A total of 142 operators and users of the identity concealment service were arrested. The USA and other countries were also involved.

Europol arrests online scammers

The European Union police agency has announced a successful crackdown on online scammers. According to their own statements, operators and users of the spoofing service iSpoof were arrested. It is said to be 142 people who over time captured an estimated 115 million euros could. The alleged administrator of the service is also in custody (source: Europol).

According to Europol, the service made it possible to for payment as a bank, company or government institution. This is how trust should be created in order to obtain information from victims. Fake calls and messages were used. The interception of one-time passwords is said to have been one of the services offered. Between June 2021 and July 2022 over 10 million scam calls are said to have been generated.

From Germany, among others, the Federal Criminal Police Office was involved in the investigation, along with other authorities from Europe, the USA, Canada and Australia. American and Ukrainian prosecutors have them Servers confiscated by iSpoof on November 8th and the offer was taken offline. A warning message can now be seen on the domains ispoof.me and ispoof.cc.

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Europol: message to cybercriminals

According to Catherine De Bolle, Executive Director of Europol, the arrests are one warning message to cybercriminals. According to her, they “can no longer hide behind the supposed international anonymity”. Law enforcement officers from around the world would now work closely together to put a stop to them.