You might see what looks like a genuine advert offering a chance to earn easy cash in these difficult times by moving money through your bank account. It’s actually a trick to get you to transfer funds earned through criminal activity. Criminals will often use fake job adverts, or create social media posts about opportunities to make money quickly, in order to lure potential money mule recruits.
DO NOT accept any offers that ask you to do this.
DO NOT do this even for someone you know or is a ‘friend’.
Even if you’re unaware that the money you’re transferring was illegally obtained, if you do this, you will have played an important role in fraud and money laundering, and could still be prosecuted!
Please refer to the action fraud website for further details about how to stay safe – https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/a-z-of-fraud/money-muling
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