IRS says thieves stole tax info from 100,000

Re:IRS says thieves stole tax info from 100,000 by protomyth on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @05:07PM (#9607669)

"Kasper said the detective learned that money was deposited into her account, and that she sent the money out to locations in Nigeria via Western Union wire transfer, keeping some as a profit, and apparently never suspecting that she might be doing something illegal."

I am having a really tough time believing she never suspected she was doing something illegal.

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Re:IRS says thieves stole tax info from 100,000 by ceejayoz on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @09:08PM (#9608679)

> I am having a really tough time believing she never suspected she was doing something illegal.

Why? People fall for the "I have $20 million for you, I just need a few hundred bucks to do the paperwork" scam all the time.

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Re:IRS says thieves stole tax info from 100,000 by protomyth on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @10:29AM (#9611554)

I'm a little shocked a college student fell for it. I would have a tough time hiring such a person because they would be a serious security risk.

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Re:IRS says thieves stole tax info from 100,000 by __z on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @05:43PM (#9607872)

Its actually more common than you think, people can be pretty naive. These people create a fake company name and website and then post "work from home" jobs listings on monster.com.

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Re:IRS says thieves stole tax info from 100,000 by pki on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @05:30PM (#9607791)

to be fair, a lot of these money mules advertise as 'legitimate jobs' and stuff, targetting the less-smart people generally..

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