Bogus Madoff Web site links to Nigeria
Internet con artists appear to be targeting victims of Bernard Madoff.
The Securities Investor Protection Corp. warned Tuesday that someone had set up a bogus Web site registered in Nigeria in an attempt to trick Madoff victims into turning over confidential financial information.
The site mimics the legitimate one set up by the agency and purports to belong to the International Securities Investor Protection Corp.
It offers victims a chance to apply for $1.3 billion in cash recovered from a Madoff "hideout."
The group claims to be based in Geneva, but records show the site to be registered to an address in Lagos, Nigeria.
SIPC said it is trying to have the site shut down.
Madoff is serving 150 years in prison for orchestrating an epic scheme that wiped out life savings and entire charities.
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