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Money Mule Scams: Patterns of Involvement and Awareness Campaign

Table 1: The Informants

Informant Gender Race Age Occupation Location Case
1 (mule) Male Malay 46 Government Kuala Lumpur Borrowed money, gave card and pin number to money lender. Police case
2 (mule) Male Malay 36 Private Company Kuala Lumpur Borrowed money, gave card and pin number to money lender. Police case
3 (mule) Male Malay 28 Government Negeri Sembilan Borrowed friend his bank card and gave the pin number. As a reward, received rm300/ monthly. Police case.
4 (non mule) Female Malay 25 Private Company Selangor Involved in an online employment where she needs to purchase items through shopee and bank in money to an individual bank account (suspected mule). She did not get commissions and lost RM3,500.
5 (non mule) Female Malay 22 Private Company Selangor Want to borrow money from the Tik Tok Ads. Required to transfer money to an individual account (suspected mule) to process the loan
6 (mule) Female Malay 24 Private Company Kelang, Selangor Borrowed money, gave card and pin no to money lender. Police case money from money lender
7 (mule) Female Malay 26 Private Company Selangor Borrowed money, gave card and pin no to money lender. Police case Borrow money from money lender
8 (mule) Male Malay 32 Contractor Kuala Lumpur Borrowed his account to be used by the 3rd party.
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