S3 E4: Scarlet Widow

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On this episode of Mugshot, we discuss Scarlet Widow, a cyber crime ring that is still active. Scarlet Widow specializes in Romance Scams as well as Business Email Compromise. Find out what they do and how you can help protect yourself. Special thanks to the following amazing people who lent their voices for this episode: Lanie Hobbs, host of True Crime Fan Club, It's Haunted...what now?, and Crimes of Passion Shea Maloney, host of All Crime No Cattle Rachel Hettrick, host of Yours in Murder and Dead End Road Steven Pacheco, host of Trace Evidence Visit Patreon.com/mugshotpod to find out how you can support the show and get early, ad-free access to episodes as well as bonus episodes. Information on the True Crime Podcast Festival can be found here: TCPF2019.com Music by: Swelling "Night II" Meydan "Insomnia Pt. 1" SoundCrate "Squad" SoundCrate "Shady Dealings" This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: https://www.agari.com/cyber-intelligence-research/whitepapers/scarlet-widow-romance-scams.pdf https://www.agari.com/email-security-blog/scarlet-widow-breaks-hearts-romance-scams/ https://www.agari.com/insights/whitepapers/scarlet-widow-bec-scams/ https://threatpost.com/rsac-2019-bec-scammer-gang-takes-aim-at-boy-scouts-other-nonprofts/142302/ https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/14/18225022/scarlet-widow-agari-nigerian-romance-scam-report https://www.axios.com/scarlet-widow-anatomy-of-a-romance-scam-ring-25b6a993-8478-4e72-912e-d21e5ae4b9b4.html https://www.wired.com/story/email-scammers-gift-cards-nonprofits/

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