To Catch a Mule
Summary: Krebs on Security details how a mule recruitment gang it calls the "Back Office" lures U.S. recruits through emails claiming their resume was found on a job search site, then puts them through a lengthy phone interview and a questionnaire of roughly three dozen questions before they launder money for international organized cyber crime gangs. The post, dated Monday 26 April 2010, drew reader debate over whether mules knew they were committing a crime, with commenters noting recruits hand over Social Security numbers, bank details and addresses to the fake employers.
What's compelling: The recruitment pipeline is built to look like a real hiring process, so the people moving stolen funds through their own named bank accounts may believe they are financial agents at an international finance company - and they surrender their Social Security and bank information to get there.
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