Money Pak should do more.

[techs]

https://www.moneypak.com/

How to Stop A Scam:

Use your MoneyPak number only with businesses on our approved list. If anyone else asks for your MoneyPak number or information from your receipt, it’s probably a scam. Don’t give your MoneyPak number to pay for something you buy through the classifieds or to collect a prize or sweepstakes. Do not give away your receipt information to another party either. If you give your MoneyPak number or information about the purchase transaction to a criminal, Green Dot is not responsible for paying you back. Your MoneyPak is not a bank account. The funds are not insured against loss.



I'm seeing three or four FBI Money Pak ransomwares a week in my computer shop. The above from the home page of money pak doesn't mention this scam at all. Shouldn't they have something on their home page in big freaking letters?

 

[MisterJackson]

It's not their obligation. It'd be the honorable thing to do, but when has any company like that been honorable? They're making MORE money because of this. They have no reason to deter it.

 

[SunnyD]

How to stop a scam:

Don't be a fucking moron.

 

[Anubis]

How to stop a scam:

Don't be a fucking moron.

this

also WTF is monkey Pak?

 

[SunnyD]

this

also WTF is monkey Pak?

https://www.moneypak.com/

MoneyPak is a "prepaid" refill that can be used to reload prepaid credit cards that can be purchased at many major retailers just like a regular gift card.

The scam here is that the GreenDot prepaid credit cards are backed by Visa/MC, and are used by scammers to perpetrate purchasing goods seemingly legitimately, though with "stolen" money. Rather than stealing credit card numbers and using them illegally, they scam someone by having the victim buy a "MoneyPak" refill, which then gets loaded onto the scammer's credit card/account, and they can then 'legitimately' buy goods in their own name with what appears to be their own funds. There is absolutely no recourse for the victim, as there is no way to track or recover the funds with these MoneyPak refills. It can also be used to fund intermediary accounts such as PayPal, Serve, etc. For all intents, you can treat "MoneyPak" just about exactly the same as physical cash.

It's basically the modern version of the old Western Union scams. ie: Money Laundering.

 

[darkewaffle]

Dad got hit with the ransomware the other day, he was trying to do his christmas shopping lol.

It's way easier for "us" to identify the bad stuff than it is for normal folks.

 

[techs]

It's not their obligation. It'd be the honorable thing to do, but when has any company like that been honorable? They're making MORE money because of this. They have no reason to deter it.

I'm not sure about that. If your business is being used for illegal purposes and you are aware of it, don't you have a legal obligation to do something?

My post is saying they are not doing enough. And therefore they are colluding with the theives.

 

[SunnyD]

I'm not sure about that. If your business is being used for illegal purposes and you are aware of it, don't you have a legal obligation to do something?

My post is saying they are not doing enough. And therefore they are colluding with the theives.

In certain industries, there becomes a very indistinguishable line between legitimate and criminal activity.

The financial industry happens to be one of those industries. You need an awful lot of conclusive evidence that your "customer" is a criminal before you can accuse your customer of actually being a criminal, let alone do something about it.