Would you like to earn $50 per hour in a job that only take 3-5 hours of your free time every day? If so the Storm team want people like YOU!

The latest version of Storm is aimed at people who want to make loads of money, for minimal effort, from the comfort of their own homes…so not a huge target audiance then.

Users that follow the link (which is blocked by Trend Micro Web Reputation) will be brought to a site hosting a BullEten Board, and refreshingly, not hosting an entire arsenal of vulnerabilities - which makes for a nice change. The Scammers waste no time in explaining how this wonderful scheme works. The helpful user (i.e. Mule) simply receives some funds (i.e. Money stolen from Phishing scams), takes 10% for themselves, and send the rest back via Western Union.

Unfortunately for budding entrepreneurs in Europe and Asia, this fantastic offer is only available to people with a bank account registered in Canada, Australia, New Zealand or the United States.

Joking aside, this is what is known as a “Money-Mule” scheme. It is an essential part of the money-laundering side of the Crimeware business, and is used to launder stolen money through unsuspecting users. Needless to say, it is a very bad idea to get involved in this type of business.

Interestingly this forum has been Active since December 2004 and at the time of writing has around 150 members. The fact that this is been spammed out now suggests that the Storm team are in need of more mules, either because of the increased amount of money that they need laundered, or because existing mules have stopped particapating.

Lets hope its the later case.

Robert McArdle, EMEA Regional TrendLabs