Job-related spam campaigns jumped 514 percent between August and October. Seven of the world’s largest money-mule crime networks have been able to successfully dupe victims into moving stolen money or assets. Money mules are lured by e-mail that promises them $300 an hour or several thousands of dollars to perform rebate processing. The money-laundering scam typically works like this, says Ryan Sherstobitoff, chief corporate evangelist for Panda Labs. “When people are in a desperate situation, they do desperate things,” he says.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/recruitment-of-unwitting-money-mules-on-the-rise