I kind of understand what you mean, but this is a little unfair to Latvia. Completely agree, it'd be just as possible to perform such a scam with bank accounts

I kind of understand what you mean, but this is a little unfair to Latvia. Completely agree, it'd be just as possible to perform such a scam with bank accounts in e.g. the UK or the US. It doesn't take much. Here's a 16-year-old complaining about his bank's conduct after he was basically caught processing fraudulent payments via his bank account: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/jul/07/strange-bank-account-money-mule http://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/jul/07/strange-bank-ac...