That’s a very good question Lady H –
I don’t know how these people do……………
I remember in 2001 I believe it was, I just got in the mail from Australia, the Electronic transfer receipt from Captain Cook and Illustrator Casino for a total of $6900 that was put into my bank account. I was in Paypal to see if some other casinos deposited my commission yet and I saw a withdrawal of $19,637.00 and the message said – “Thanks for the money”
I went nuts and called paypal immediately, and while I was on the phone with them, paypal somehow was able to tell me this same person was in my personal bank account withdrawing the $6900 that was just transferred. They were able to stop that from happening.
For some reason this person could not withdraw the large amount from paypal all at once. He had to do it in increments. He was able to successfully take over 3k out of my paypal account.
He had an address for the transaction that was only 30 miles away along with his phone number. So I called it and this guy had no idea what I was talking about. I called a DA friend of mine and had him check it out and this guy had no clue.
It turned out the perp was in Hong Kong –
This was 5 years ago so I can only imagine what this technology can achieve nowadays