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by rwmurrayVT
3970 days ago
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The 'money-mules' are typically tricked into allowing them to deposit funds into their bank accounts. If you open a brand new bank account you are subjected to holding periods for deposits/transfers. If you trick an existing bank customer into depositing, withdrawing, and then MG/WU/MoneyPak a portion of the funds to you then you can do it in 1 business day. A common variation of this in the USA is with check fraud. They trick unsuspecting people into mobile depositing a check and then transferring a % of the funds back to them. I suspect in the Russian scam they are using the botnet to imitate victims as a sock5. They have all the information they need so they just initiate a trade and then block their access to email+banking+??. |
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