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Aussie Police Probe Virtual Worlds For Money Trail

Posted by samzenpus on from the follow-the-gold-farmers dept.

schliz writes "Australian law enforcement has flagged virtual worlds as a 'growing area of interest' in its fight against money laundering and cybercrime. Police are reportedly investigating unnamed virtual worlds, as well as online money transfer services such as e-gold and Hawala/Hundi."

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  1. Re:A little late? by Americium · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    And almost all of those scams start with them giving you a REVERSIBLE payment. Because that first payment is REVERSIBLE, you send them their portion, which happens to go through. Remove their payment getting reversed, and the scam is removed.