Fraud Advisory for Consumers... Involvement in Criminal Activity Through Work from Home Scams
- http://www.us-cert.g...sumers_released
October 25, 2010 - "As part of a joint effort, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) have released Fraud Advisory for Consumers: Involvement in Criminal Activity through Work from Home Scams (PDF)*. The document explains that criminal syndicates are using newspaper ads, online employment services, and unsolicited emails to recruit consumers to launder stolen money. Individuals who are knowing or unknowing participants in this type of scheme could be prosecuted and may have their own identities or bank accounts stolen..."
* http://www.ic3.gov/m.../WorkAtHome.pdf
Fraud Advisory for Businesses... Corporate Account Take Over
- http://www.us-cert.g...nesses_released
October 25, 2010 - "As part of a joint effort, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) have released Fraud Advisory for Businesses: Corporate Account Take Over (PDF)**. The document explains that cyber criminals are targeting small- and medium- sized businesses and using methods such as malicious code, phishing, and social engineering attacks to compromise business banking accounts. Once these accounts have been compromised, cyber criminals can fraudulently transfer funds out of them and can cause significant business disruption and substantial monetary loss..."
** http://www.ic3.gov/m...untTakeOver.pdf