I received this in one of my email addresses today which reminded me of ABC’s Four Corners’ recent report on cyber crime. This email, in my opinion, is an attempt by identity fraudsters at recruiting money mules.
In a phishing scam context, money mules are employed by scammers to receive bank deposits in their bank account (usually from victims’ accounts) , withdraw the funds and then wire it back to the perpetrator. Most are ignorant to their involvement in such scams but in reality it’s likely that they know that they’re involved in something illegitemate.
Anyway, here’s what looks like an invitaiton to be a mule to me. What should I do? Should I bait the scammers? (more…)
