An advance-fee scam has targeted researchers in the North Korea watcher community with an elaborate story focusing on a missing DPRK official, an email campaign seen by NK News shows.
The apparent 419-scam, which was sent to multiple people via BCC on Monday, attempts to elicit help for a purported relative of the official to invest "Eighteen Million United States of America Dollars."
An advance-fee scam has targeted researchers in the North Korea watcher community with an elaborate story focusing on a missing DPRK official, an email campaign seen by NK News shows.
The apparent 419-scam, which was sent to multiple people via BCC on Monday, attempts to elicit help for a purported relative of the official to invest "Eighteen Million United States of America Dollars."
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