"It's not easy for criminals to move their ill-gotten money around without attracting the attention of law enforcement, so they actively recruit other people to be money mules," said Steven Merrill, head of the FBI’s Financial Crimes Section."Money mules allow criminals to mask their identities, move money across country lines and avoid arousing the suspicions of financial institutions.
Several years ago, the FBI surveyed more than 300 people who had been conned into transferring money for criminals, looking for a common thread among the victims. What they found was that work-from-home schemes, along with dating sites, were behind many of the cases but that the victims themselves spanned every race, gender and age demographic. In other words, nobody was immune from being targeted.
People claiming to be U.S. service members stationed overseas who ask you to send or receive money on behalf of themselves or a loved one battling COVID-19.
Other scam artists taking advantage of the trump virus include deadbeat donald, Ivanka, Don Jr. and Eric to name a few.
This scam is so old only a great fool would fall for it.
People: never ever click a link you receive by email Never ever give personal info to someone who calls you; call them back at the official number and do so
Typical America! No wonder we ended up with Trump!
Just today I had a call from it said Visa global services and asked for my card number. I know better than to simply comply. So I called my card. They said it was a scam to get my card info. So don't fall for it your card wouldn't call like that.
The real scam artists are the fake news outlets and their minions.
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