Henri reported his findings to the police. His job was to call OP and Nordea clients exposed to phishing.
- Henri was offered a 20 % reward as a cryptocurrency for every successful scam call.
- Scam calls are related to a broader phenomenon where the so -called money lines are used to cover the funds obtained.
- Mules are usually the first to be caught in crimes related to fraud and money laundering.
Finns are recruited on social media channels to make scam calls against “easy money”. Police warn that such offers are by no means worth taking up.
Iltalehti contacted Henry collided with such a recruitment announcement on Telegram and presented a willing caller.
Henri’s name has been changed due to the sensitive nature of the matter. His correct identity is known to the editorial. Henri provided the information he had acquired to the police and informed the victims of the scam. Iltalehti received confirmation from the police.
According to his own words, Henri did not make a single call as a cheater. He wants to warn against consenting to similar assignments and scam calls.
The English recruitment announcement, seen by Henri, searched for fluent Finnish speaking people. The announcement promised tens of thousands of euros for easy money quickly.
“They use desperate people who do not have money and who think they are getting money,” says Henri.
He first had to send the recruiter a sound sample for approval.
Shortly after that contact Trim-The person who told Henri to create a Skype account with his email address and buy a talk time with a foreign debit card.
Trina told Henri that before her call, the victim was sent a message in the name of the bank saying that the bank has discovered suspicious activities in the victim’s account, and that the victim will soon be called from the bank.
The victims have previously clicked on a harmful link, which has led to their information in the wrong hands. Henri was provided with a ready -made manuscript in Finnish about what he should say to the victim on the phone.
Here, Henri is asked to ensure the victim’s name, address and account balance. The aim was to get more than € 20,000 to move to the cheater’s account. Reader
“Juha Tapani from the Petosorijunnan”
In this case, Henri was told to perform as a fake OP and Nordea’s fraud control person called Juha Tapaniwho is inventing the victims to open a new security account where all the money should be transferred.
Trina emphasized Henri tapping the keyboard during the call to make the call sound more credible.
– They must believe everything you say when they have clicked on the scam link. So I can access their accounts. You just have to ask them if they have clicked on that link and they say they have done so. Then you make them scared and say that you have to work quickly to secure money, says Henri in the message written by Trina.
Manuscript received by Henri
– Hi, the phone is healthy from Juha Tapani OP’s fraud. Does the phone have (the victim’s name)?
Victim: Yes.
– Okay, well. Here is a case that many wire transfers have been made from your account. Is this your transfer or your relative?
Victim: There is no.
– Okay. Have you clicked on some kind of scam link or anything like that in the next few days?
Victim: Yes.
– Okay, and this is some kind of scam message sent by cheaters to try to fish for bank codes. Apparently you got that target. Criminals have access to your account and your reserves are now in danger, so we have to work quickly.
– Wait a moment to look at your information about this.
Victim: Okay.
– About, I opened you a new security account where you can now transfer all your spare to keep your money safe. You will receive new usernames in this account after 2-3 business days.
After the initial preparation, Trina began sending Henri the victims’ information and phone numbers to which Henri should call. At the same time, the cheater sent Henri an account number to an account where the victim’s assets should be transferred.
Within a few hours, Trina hopped Henri to make calls to OP and Nordea customers.
In return, the cheater claimed to pay 20 % of the revenue. He would get the money as a cryptocurrency, but Henri believes he would probably never have received it, even if he had done the job.
At the beginning of February, the Lapland Police Department announced the scam calls made in the name of the police asking for the victim’s bank IDs under the fake pretext. The call caller introduced himself Jaana Kiviranta From Muonio Police.
– The approach described above is very common in these scam call cases. We are not excluding the possibility that this is the case in these cases of Jaana Kiviranta. The pre -trial investigation of these crimes is still ongoing, the Investigation Director of the case Petteri Virkkula The Lapland police commented on the recruitment of scam calls on social media.
According to Virkkula, new scam cases where the caller would have been Jaana Kiviranta has no longer been known to the police. According to Virkkula, the cheater or the cheaters have since changed names and police stations.
The money obtained by criminal means is often to be directed abroad. They can circulate at their most complex through several money. Mostphotos
Mules are first caught
Human recruitment of scam calls is related to a broader phenomenon called money acquisition. Money lines aim to cover the origin of the money obtained by criminal means by deferring it into a money -lodge account instead of going directly into an account controlled by the criminal.
In Henri’s experience, the cheater only recruited a scam call, and Henri had no instructions to receive the victims’ money.
Muules are recruited especially in the underworld social media groups created for illegal activities such as drug trafficking. Criminals can also approach potential mule randomly, in which case the criminal may request something for the service against a fee.
For the most skilled criminals, mule arrangements may be complex and may contain several middlemen. Criminals’ promised compensation for mule may be just a lies or the reward may be claimed later with interest.
Even the monetary lifetime is one of the first people who are caught in crime packages. Muulina or as a fraudulent call can be guilty of a variety of fraud and money laundering crimes.
Police are aware of a lot of young people who are snapping in an easy money. Scammers can also rely on minor fines if the work gets stuck. In reality, an entry in the criminal record can ruin the young person’s future career path. For example, university students, whose career aspirations have broken because of crime, have applied for mules.
Police are instructed to report any mule recruitment to the police, either by a crime report or a hint.