Now Hiring!!! Money Laundering and Money Transfer Agents.

Yeah right, this type of scam is known as Money Mule and is on the rise again especially now in these tough economic times. Here’s how it works. You might get and email or phone call form companies who state they have seen you resume are interested in someone with your skills. The job offer consists of accepting stolen or counterfeit funds into your online account (Pay Pal) you then have to forward the funds on to another location using the Pay Pal, Western Union or MoneyGram.
This scam is sometimes done with tangible goods (X Boxes, I Phones) usually high dollar electronics shipped to your home where you warehouse them for a few days and reprocess them to a new location. This is more common as “Reshipping”

No matter how you look at it you are an “Accessory after the fact”

Here is a link to Bob Bears web site he keeps track of this type of fraudulent activity. http://www.bobbear.co.uk/index.html

Here are some tips you can use to avoid becoming a victim of cyber fraud:

• Do not respond to unsolicited (spam) e-mail.
• Do not click on links contained within an unsolicited e-mail.
• Be cautious of e-mail claiming to contain pictures in attached files, as the files may contain viruses. Only open attachments from known senders.
• Avoid filling out forms in e-mail messages that ask for personal information.
• Always compare the link in the e-mail to the link that you are actually directed to.
• Log on to the official website, instead of "linking" to it from an unsolicited e-mail.
• Contact the actual business that supposedly sent the e-mail to verify if the e-mail is genuine.

Be safe and Happy Holidays.
Steven Herrera