Sophisticated parcel mule scam unpicked Details of a sophisticated re-shipping scam that tricked US residents into working as freight-forwarding middlemen for eastern European crooks, have been exposed by security researchers at RSA. The web-based fraudulent operation received applications from around 1,900 people, hiring 33 marks to take delivery of high-value …
I'm sure this sentence: "The site that was central to the scheme has been taken online." is supposed to read "The site that was central to the scheme has been taken offline."
Wouldn't it have been better, but not necessarily legal, to intercept a shipment, substitue 3kilos of C4 for a PS3, and let the shipment continue on to its destination. On second thought, a really sophisticated GPS unit would probably be a better solution.
There never was that rule, just some companys insist on it, others don't. They consider if it is worth the risk to them or not. They will have ended up out of pocket most of the time, as the card company will claw the money back from them (Unless the card holder was at fault).
and re Sophisticated?
If a scammer can convince someone they are a Nigerian banker who needs help shifting the contents of an abandoned bank account out of the country, he can also convince him that he has a legitimate job reshipping good, check printing, etc.
Not greedy, but in need of employment and unaware of this particular scam.
Pah - eagerly gullible because they think there's a buck in it. You cannot con an honest man. These people know full well that any deal which appears too good to be true *is* too good to be true *and* straight. So far as I can see they are complicit in the fraud.
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