How to spot impersonation fraud and money mules

The first is where someone pretends to be who they aren’t to convince you to make a payment or give them your personal or financial details. 

They could pretend to be anyone, including the police, your bank, utility company or a government department, such as HMRC. Click here to watch.

And criminals need to launder their ill-gotten gains so that it can appear legitimate and be difficult to trace. 

That’s why they need money mules - unsuspecting people whose accounts they use to deposit funds (usually cash, and often drug money) in their name to then send on to other accounts, to cover their tracks. Click here to watch. 

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