The Security Mentor

Once a crook steals banking passwords and uses them to steal money, the crook has the same problem that drug dealers have -- where do you put the money? And how do you get it to a country where you have an under$standing with law enforcement?

Well, you launder it, for example through a network of random people who won't arouse suspicion if they wire money to Elbonia.

The random people may not even know they're doing something illegal. F-Secure's blog has a sample recruiting email for money launderers which makes it sound like you're getting a cut to work around a legitimate company's banking problems.

If you get email like that treat it like you'd treat email from the nice man in Nigeria who also wants your help with a money transfer.