Police chiefs are urging people looking for work during the recession to be alert to online scams that trick them into laundering money.
The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) says websites are currently being used to recruit “money mules”.
The “mules” are ordinary people who send and receive payments through their bank accounts to facilitate business.
But in reality, the cash has been laundered from crime, leaving unwitting mules open to prosecution.
The warning comes at the beginning of the annual Get Safe Online week, a campaign jointly run by government and banks to alert people to the dangers of fraud on the internet.
According to the campaign, fraudsters are using a variety of bogus and legitimate recruitment channels to con job-hunters into thinking they have found genuine employment.
One method to reduce the chances of becoming a money mule is to ensure you visit your local computer repair company to ensure your computer is regularly maintained. You should also ensure your computer has an antivirus and antispyware package installed which is up to date.
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