Okay, so the phrase “honest fraud” is a total oxymoron but there’s no other way to describe this campaign.
Most mule fraud messages try to pretend that there’s nothing illegal going on. Usually they say thing’s like “don’t worry, this isn’t illegal” and they try to pretend they’re in a legitimate business.
But not this one.
It starts right out with: “I want to be honest with you this is not legal” and goes on to explain how you can make money from home by forwarding counterfeit checks to the author’s contacts “everywhere in the USA”.
Here’s the message:
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED ASAP
From: carol.newton@homecall.co.uk
To: johnfedus@yahoo.com
Hello, how are you doing? I want to be honest with you this is not legal,but
I have a way for you to earn money from home without getting into trouble.You will not be involved in the cashing of checks because if you do you will
end up getting into trouble with them.So I have designed this offer specifically for you because I do not want you
to get into trouble, I have contacts everywhere in the USA whom I am
supposed to send these counterfeit checks to but because I’m here in the U.K
I’m unable to send them directly to these contacts so I need someone who
lives in the USA who will help receive my checks in Bulk and then forward
them in single shipments to my contacts.You will not face any harm whatsoever as you will not cash any check, only
receive and forward so as to cut down my expense of sending directly from
here. This Offer will be of no monetary expense to you as I will pay for all
shipping costs as well as put you on a very good weekly wage that we will
agree on.Once you have agreed to work with me, I will forward you a list of all the
contacts as well as my FedEx account information which you will need to ship
the checks without spending any money.If you are interested reply me, thanks and hope to hear from you shortly.
John Fedus.
While we appreciate the somewhat refreshing honesty, we do have a problem with the assertion that “you will not face any harm whatsoever” as we find it hard to believe that being an accessory to check fraud is a safe endeavor.
Anyone tempted to take him up on the offer should be wondering why, if it’s so safe, can’t “John” send the checks to his contacts without your help?
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