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The Anatomy of Money-Mule Scams

Posted by kdawson on from the if-it-sound-too-good-to-be-true dept.

Brian Krebs of the Washington Post's Security Fix blog has up an article on work-at-home money mule scams (backgrounder blog post here). These operations offer victims hundreds or thousands of dollars per week for moving money through their own accounts — a critical piece of the infrastructure for profiting from identity theft and phishing. The article links to the site of a UK fraud fighter named Bob Harrison, who lists hundreds of fradulent money-mule operations.

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  1. I've been doing this sort of thing for years. by Shag · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm just a pawn in a complicated scheme to surreptitiously move money from my employers to my creditors. And there are thousands of others like me.

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    Village idiot in some extremely smart villages.
    1. Re:I've been doing this sort of thing for years. by downix · · Score: 5, Funny

      never thought I'd be quoting Drew Carey...

      "we have a club, it's called EVERYBODY! We meet at the bar."

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      Karma Whoring for Fun and Profit.