Justice Department cracking down on money mules, i.e., middlemen who assist in fraud schemes by receiving money from victims and forwarding proceeds to foreign-based perpetrators. Money mules are typically involved in elder fraud schemes; romance scams; lottery and sweepstakes scams; IRS and Social Security Administration impostor scams; veteran and social security benefit redirection scams; and technical-support scams. The FBI’s annual Internet Crime Report (IC3) losses from business email compromise (BEC) attacks almost doubled year-over-year in 2018 to reach $1.2 billion.
Source: https://threatpost.com/feds-crack-down-on-money-mules-warn-of-bec-scams/150900/