Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Beware of money mules

....RBI’s stringent restriction to curb increasing phishing and Trojan scams has now led to the mushrooming of money mules. “These mules are identified by fraudulent elements for the safe transfer of stolen money out of the country. As RBI guidelines do not allow anybody to transfer money overseas, the phishing and Trojan scamsters use this method. Though mules can be tracked down, many times they target dormant accounts to take out the money,” explained M Palanisamy, the Banking Ombudsman of Karnataka......

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