

This chapter also points out that according to research firm AGARI, Nigeria accounts for over 50% of all BEC attack origins globally and 83% in Africa. Ridwan Oyelede talks about how the BEC uses already popular phishing techniques but targets them at businesses.

It takes a look at false invoice schemes: where a negligent employee is sent a false invoice by attackers pretending a service has been provided. The second chapter, What is BEC?, breaks down the dynamics of the Business Email Compromise. Parker, Frank Abagnale, and The Roselli Brothers. The same chapter also makes mention of some infamous scammers such as Charles Ponzi, P Crentsil, George C. It also brings up Obiwanne Okeke and his cybercrime syndicate. The mini-doc is broken down into chapters and the first chapter takes a look at Ramon Abbas or Hushpuppi as he is popularly known. The mini-doc takes you on a journey to the root of every misconception you’ve ever heard about internet fraud. They spotlight one of the strangest scams to grace the planet, the Business Email Compromise. There are heartbreaking memorials from grieving family members who were callously ignored by Boeing, as well as deeply frustrated testimonials from staffers who blew countless whistles, only to be silenced or shuffled out of sight.In their latest mini-documentary, Techpoint Africa explored the rise of Nigerian internet scams. These include pilots like Captain “Sully” Sullenberger, outraged at Boeing’s seeming disregard for its employees and passengers, and politicians like Representative Peter DeFazio, who led a Congressional investigation into the MAX disasters. To make their case, which unfolds with diligent conviction, the filmmakers call upon a widely disparate span of accusers. Once these wrenching facts are explained, the movie aims to live up to its subtitle. The FAA, as Pasztor wrote, followed the company’s lead. Rather than ground other planes until the problem was definitively addressed, Boeing insisted they were safe to fly. Though Boeing tried to shift blame to the pilot, increasing evidence pointed to a flight-control-system flaw on its new 737 MAX jet. The first one we meet is former Wall Street Journal reporter Andy Pasztor, who wrote several exposés on the 2018 Lion Air crash in Indonesia, which killed everyone on board.

Given the film’s otherwise dispiriting conclusions, it comes as something of a relief that there are so many heroes. Netflix Picks Up Documentary on 737 Boeing Max Plane Crashes From Director Rory Kennedy
