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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. all for the easy buck by downix · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That this scam can even work is a product of supplier-side economics. Where people don't have to work to get what they want. That it is all about me me me.

    Get rich quick schemes never are quick and they don't get you rich. never have, never will. Grow up and get a real job. Want to make $100k a year, go to college to earn that degree for a position that does make $100k a year.

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    1. Re:all for the easy buck by balsy2001 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The only get rich quick scheme that works is selling get rich quick schemes to idiots.

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