 New Scotland Yard raided a warehouse in the Soho District today in search of a group of thieves running a worldwide fraud operation. Instead they found parts of the warehouse ablaze where the evidence destroyed and the criminals long gone. In other news... My journey to England began with a phone call from a soccer mom in Glendale. Her name was Alice Keyes and her identity had been stolen. They hooked Alice with a type of internet fraud called phishing. She got an email from her bank telling her that there was a problem with her account. It contained a link to the bank's website that would allow her to fix the problem by re-entering her personal data. Trouble was, it only looked like her bank. She figured that out when her credit card bill came in the mail two weeks later with $4,000 in charges she couldn't explain. Her so-called bank was actually a slick looking website created by a guy named Charles Napier. The problem was, he was 5,000 miles away. I got back in. Michelle there. Nice. Hey. Hey Alice. Out in the search cow. Somehow they got tipped off. Looks like they left in a hurry though. Did Scotland Yard have anything on Napier? A lot. This guy is a real piece of work. In all kinds of scams. All of them on the internet. Wow. Advanced payment, auction fraud, software piracy, phishing. You name it, he's doing it. The victim's all over the U.S. Several other countries as well. Really? Yeah, we met with the Office of Fair Trading in London. Any luck tracing has stolen the merchandise. No. All the stuff was mailed to some college kids in Florida. They forwarded everything to a mail drop in Edinburgh. He recruited them on the net, paid them wire transfers. They thought the whole thing was legit. What about the number he posted for the bank? That turns out to be a prepaid cell phone. He purchased with another stolen card. Yeah, he only used it for a couple of weeks and then he dumped it. Great. Well, at least the trip wasn't a total waste. Didn't pick you up up present. I bring you greetings from London. Sorry I didn't have time to wrap it. Oh, you shouldn't have. You think we'll be able to pull anything off this? I don't know. Greg tried the mobile forensics kit at the search. A little too far gone. I was hoping the lab could do something with it. You do me a favor, you drop this off for me. I can use some sleep. Coffee. I'll see you later. Maybe your head covered his tracks pretty well. But the crime lab was about to make a wake up call. Got it. Alan. Steve. Hey, Steve. Were you able to salvage anything from that laptop? Oh, this guy was pretty careful Alan. He formatted the drive to erase everything. And the fire took out a couple of the platters, but I was able to salvage the rest. Alan. We've got thousands of victims here. There are 40,000 credit card numbers alone. Stolen goods being moved all over the world. That's good stuff, Steve. I'm going to need to get all that to the assistant U.S. attorney. Didn't happen to recover anything that may help us find this guy. I mean, he is into the wind, man. Well, as a matter of fact. A week ago, he booked a vacation in Thailand. Now, according to his itinerary, he's scheduled to take a tour of the Pasak River tomorrow, returning to his hotel in Bangkok on Thursday. Good news. I really appreciate that, Steve. I need you to get me a disk of everything you got right away. You bet. The inspection service and Scotland Yard requested assistance from the Thai police and arranged for them to arrest Napier at his hotel. We went to be an observer and help with the interviews. What's all this? This is Alice Keyes. She's one of the people whose lives you stole. Oh, come on now. Some little bird gets pinched for a few quid. He's treating me like a terrorist. Credit card company landed on the loss anyway. Took her six months to straighten out her bank account and she almost lost her home. Grabbed about that? Yeah, yeah, life's tough all over. We all have to survive best we can. You know, you are absolutely right. You are going to need every one of your survival skills in federal prison. Federal prison? That's where you're wrong, mate. I'm one of the next plane back to Maryland. No, no, not this time, Napier. See, we've already spoken to Scotland Yard and the British prosecutors about your extradition. Looks like you're a man without a country. Paul's Napier's awaiting trial in federal court for over 100 counts of male fraud and his victims are slowly rebuilding their financial lives. The internet can be a safe place to do business but you should be aware that there are those who target unsuspecting consumers. There are steps that you can take to protect yourself. Number one, be suspicious of emails that appear to be from banks, online auction sites or other retailers. Usually they'll ask you to correct mistakes in your account information or provide other personal information. Never use a link in an email to visit any website. Type in the address that you normally use to log into those sites. If you have doubts, call the business on the telephone. You should always be able to resolve the complaint with a customer service representative if the company's legitimate. Number two, only purchase goods and services from sites that you trust. Software makes it easy for criminals to create websites and emails that look exactly like the real ones. Examine all offers carefully before purchasing. Lastly, when you're online, be on guard. For postal inspectors, internet scams are like old wine in a new bottle. The mill, fraud and telemarketing scams we've seen in the past are now coming at you through cyberspace. Whether it's auction fraud or identity theft, reshipping scams or foreign lotteries, be cautious and be smart. For more tips on how to avoid internet fraud or to report the crime if you've been a victim, visit our website at usps.com slash postal inspectors. Or, looks too good to be true.com. These simple steps can help protect you from crooks thousands of miles away or just across the street. And will give them a world of trouble.