Igor Chudov schrieb am 26.11.2007 18:01:
I get a lot of spams where I am being "offered" a lucrative occupation that involves transferring finanscial assets from one place to another. It is clearly a scam, however, I am now sure what.
This is the way phishers transfer stolen money from a "phished" bank account/bank transaction to their own account. First they transfer the money from the phished account to the account of a hired innocent (hired via spam), who himself transfers it to an account that is under control of the phisher.
The hired individual is later hold responsible by the bank and generally has to pay back the money to the account of the phished victim. Additionally, he is sued for money laundering in some countries. In Germany for example this is the case. So he is a double victim: he also lost his money and has a pending lawsuit.
The phisher probably remains undetected. I don't have heard much about success in law-enforcing in this area, unfortunately.
Tschau Alex
