KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — An East Tennessee grandmother was tricked into laundering money for a scammer.
Money laundering and fraud schemes are rampant across many social media sites. Besides the traditional ways of laundering money, criminals are finding social media a fertile ground to recruit willing and unwitting assistants. In Debbie Judson’s case, she was unaware that the ‘nice person’ texting her was a scammer.
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Judson watches short videos on Instagram and likes to interact with others on the site. Recently, the 70-year-old grandmother received a private message and started texting with a so-called charitable group, unaware that it was a scammer.
“They wanted to be friends, they wanted to have me help them with charity money to send, because they needed help,” said Judson…