Cyber gift horse warning as fraudsters target money mules

COMPUTER users across Yorkshire have been warned about the dangers of cyber crime after an alarming rise in cases of members of the public being duped into helping launder the proceeds of organised crime.

Fraudsters are increasingly looking to the internet as a means of legitimising their activity and many people appear to be willing to ignore the age-old adage that if something looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Action Fraud, the national fraud and cybercrime reporting agency, has issued advice to the public after a convicted fraudster revealed some of the ways criminal gangs are recruiting unsuspecting people to act ‘money mules’ to avoid detection.