On July 30, 2025, the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office in Arkansas arrested 31-year-old Chinese national Wenyuan “Jack” Song for serving as a money mule for a Microsoft technical support scam, where
- the scammers will generate fake virus popups to trick their victims, in this case an 86-year-old female, into calling their designated “suppoat” line.
- the people who answer the call will falsely claim that hackers were attempting to break into their victims’ computer to steal their money.
- the victim will be asked to withdraw $33,000 from their bank account and hand it off to a designated courier, or money mule, who operates under the false personation of an agent with the Federal Reserve.
- the money mule will later convince the victim over the phone to hand over an additional $38,000, even by closing out an investment account.
Song is currently held under federal custody, having been transferred to the Baxter County Detention Center on a $75,000 cash-only bond for the felony theft of property. He faces additional holds from Carroll County authorities, as well as Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, SO I HOPE HE FUCKING ENJOYS GAUTMO!
