advice needed pls i think my friend is a money mule should i report it?

hob

long story but ill try to simple my freinds boyfriend(i dont even like the guy) got a new 'job' where he would get money paid in to his account he then takes it out and keeps 10% and ships off the rest to china.thought this was odd as he has a crimmnal record , was fired from stealing from his last employer and has no qualifactions and umm yeah its just to good to be true. for very little work he gets a lot of money. so i thought hmmmm wouldnt the company just transfer it to china as easly as he can? so i jumped on google and after about 2 seconds of looking online found things like WARNING FRAUD, money mule fake job scam. any way due to problems with his acount he 'transfued ' the money to her acount and a few mates and then withdrew the cash...any way i fell that this is defently gonna get them in some kinda mess. i sent him a email with all the info that i found on google but they just ingored me. im really worried....wondering what to do now. maybe report it? if it gose on longer then it will be worse right? or should i just leve it ? im not so worried about him its her and her 2 year old im worried about.

DVardysShadow

Tell your friend what you have discovered and leave it at that. Expect to get quite a shirty response.

missiemog

sounds DEF dodgy. very much a case of too good to be true.

if it was me, i'd get your friend on her own and give her the info you emailed. put it directly in her hand and tell her to read it.

impress upon her that you're really concerned that this could very well be illegal and that, at worst case scenario, she 'could' be implicated in any legal procedings should it be found out by the law and that the welfare of her child should be paramount. she could end up in the jail if her scumbag OH is using her bank account!!

she won't like it, and she may well shoot the messenger, but best to give it out straight.

whether you speak to the law yourself is up to you (i would, but i'm not you).

good luck. not a nice situation to find yourself in.:(

trickytrolleys

definitely let your friend know - she could be totally unaware and end up in massive trouble, as for the rest thats for you to decide.

if I was her I would be extremely grateful as I would never want to be implicated in, or involved in, any money laundering (which is what this appears to be)

vaio

I thought these were straight scams, they send you a forged/stolen cheque/draft, you send 90% of it on in cash via Western Union.

When when your bank realises the cheque/draft was forged/stolen they recover the money from your account

C_Mababejive

If your friend likes to be with a criminal loser,then thats her lookout.

She might not thank you for telling her something she might already know and if he gets caught,you could be suspected for dobbing him in.

Dont interfere in other peoples lives.

The authorities will catch up with him soon enough.

Raggs_2

Sounds like someone believed the deposed prince of nigeria...

seabright

This is money laundering. Report it. Your frind risks getting dragged in deeper, especially as he's using her account, with her knowledge - presumably to make it look like she's the criminal if they get caught.

The people behind money laundering scams are not petty criminals, they are drug cartels, terrorists and that kind of criminal - do you really want your friend and her baby son being at their beck & call?

I'd report it immediatly.

chloe99_2

i wldnt tell yr friend as she will not believe you and not report it, then if you do decide to report later she will be mad at you.

ring crimestoppers and report in full detail but anonymously.

its not just his money handling that's the problem, he is supporting something really bad such as drugs, arms, etc

NAR

Hob who told you about the boyfriend's job? If it was your friend she is either niave/stupid/or aware of what he is up to. Can't believe anyone would think money can be made this way legitimately, otherwise we would all do it. So she is condoning what he is doing, or worse maybe involving herself.
Tell your friend you were able to find out very easily that fraud is involved and advise her to wise up and drop him like a stone.

terryw

chloe99 wrote: »

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its not just his money handling that's the problem, he is supporting something really bad such as drugs, arms, etc

This is not very likely. These sort of guys have a full infrastructure to launder their ill-gotten gains - they are unlikely to resort to employing daft lads to do this.

The real con is that the boyfriend is receiving stolen or fraudulent bank drafts and then remitting most of it when he thinks that the thing has cleared. Weeks or months down the line, he will find out that it hasn't and his bank will be claiming the money back from him.

There is no need to do anything here - the boyfriend will find out in the fullness of time that he is the one who has been conned.