For decades, the payment method of choice for scammers looking to collect money from victims has been through a wire transfer, like those provided by Western Union or MoneyGram. Victims wire the money from one location to another—sometimes even overseas—and criminals get away with untraceable cash. But recently, experts are noticing a shift. In 2014, […]
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