The Federal Bureau of Investigation in accordance with a seizure warrant obtained by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, has seized the domain CallService.biz.
They allege that CallService.biz was an online service that aided and abetted online fraudsters to raid money from the bank accounts of consumers who’s login credentials had been stolen by phishing or malware.
The service, which was widely advertised in the criminal underground, supplied identity thieves with people who spoke English and German, and who would call financial institutions posing as authorized account holders. They would confirm fraudulent wire transfers, withdrawals and other transactions.
It is thought that the service assisted 2,000 identity thieves to carry out more than 5,000 instances of fraud.
Last week two perpetrators were arrested in the Czech republic and Belarus, at the request of US authorities.
