
36 n Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
prove a cyber front operation, it should be seen as a red flag. Another way to detect a money mule
operation is to check the hiring company’s WHOIS data; often it is only days old or incongruent
with company statements. For example, one cyber front claimed to be in business for more than
100 years; however, WHOIS data shows that the Web site was only days old when the first mule
solicitation was intercepted.
Organized criminal groups use money mules to launder money from one account to another,
as various financial crimes are performed using stolen credit cards and other financial accounts. ...