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RE: 'Money Mules': The Hidden Side of Phishing
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:14:00 -0400
Interesting, I've received some of those spam messages for "help" with receiving funds then sending funds (minus a percentage skimmed off the top for services rendered). I always figured they were a 419 type of scam.... I suppose money laundering is even worse, but at least you actually get paid for doing it. The federal jail time kinda still would be a HUGE reason not to participate though! Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Fergie Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:52 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] 'Money Mules': The Hidden Side of Phishing Via eWeek. [snip] The dramatic rise in phishing and identity theft attacks includes a well-organized offline component-the not-so-innocent "money mule" recruited by fraudsters to launder stolen money across the globe. The ads appear innocently on all the major employment listing sites, offering stay-at-home positions titled "shipping manager," "private financial receiver" or "sales representative." These, however, are active attempts at enlisting people-mostly in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia-to transfer illegal funds from credit card thieves operating out of the former Soviet Union, according to an investigation by VeriSign's iDefense security research outfit. [snip] More: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2029953,00.asp - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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