These included the introduction of encryption to prevent third-parties eavesdropping on messages sent via unprotected wi-fi networks, and the adoption of a stronger authentication process to make it harder for scammers to hack accounts in order to send messages from them.

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But they also send billions of their earnings back north to bank accounts in the US for safekeeping.

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Pool those into a new address (with a little left-over in one of the original accounts), and send the whole payment from that new address.

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The reason all money would initially go into money market accounts is a largely unknown peculiarity in the way the feds now keep Social Security records: Employers send in Social Security taxes in lump sums periodically throughout the year.

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