Image by hdzimmermann via Flickr"Ayodeji Kareem, 39, Babatunde Fafore, 41, and Vincent Alonge, 32, had tried to steal £4.25 million during the two-year fraud.The Nigerians hacked into thousands of bank accounts but were caught after a victim returned from holiday to find an email message containing 600 names, addresses and passwords.
This led the Police Central E-crime Unit to Alonge and then Kareem and Fafore via 4,000 emails between them and other gang members.
Snaresbrook crown court heard that the fraudsters chatted online while accessing victims' bank accounts. In one conversation in April 2008, Fafore typed: 'Done, I did £3,019.23.'"
Via News of Frauds across the world
