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You clearly don't remember when they used to ask for moneypack transfers.
by Acrobatic_Road 7y ago
You clearly don't remember when they used to ask for moneypack transfers.
- vkou 7y agoIt's easier to tie them to the real-world identity of the criminal distributing the ransomware. It's not impossible to do it with BTC, but at the moment, law enforcement isn't doing much about BTC, unless it involves drugs or CP.
- Acrobatic_Road 7y agoAs far as I know, no, moneypak transfers cannot be traced.
- vkou 7y agoThey cannot be reverted once spent, they can absolutely be traced. Police can subpoena records from Moneypak, which is more than happy to comply. You also actually have to go out to a physical location, and swipe your Moneypak card, to buy something. That physical location will keep records, may have security footage, etc. If you're doing Moneypak fraud, and live in any country with a funcitonal rule of law, it's just a matter of time until you either find yourself booked for processing, or, alternatively, ziptied, and with a brown bag over your head, put on a flight to the US.
- Acrobatic_Road 7y agoThe Wikipedia article seems to suggest otherwise. Select quote: "In August 2012, the FBI also issued a warning that scammers were taking advantage of MoneyPak's untraceability to coerce unwitting victims into paying a "ransom" to unlock their computers infected with malware." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Dot_Corporation#MoneyPak_Security_Concerns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Dot_Corporation#MoneyPak...
- jacquesm 7y agoNo, you'd tie them to the real-world identity of some unwitting mule.
- vkou 7y agoUnless you have better OpSec than the KGB, or a cartel-like reputation for inflicting incredibly disproportionate amounts of violence unto the friends, family, household pets, and lawyers of snitches, pressure on that mule works wonders.