[melx]

There is...you're asked about your bank account, then few days later you receive $100,000 along with info to send it to another 5 accounts $20,000 each. Guess what happens next?

[rsynnott]

That's just a straight-up scam rather than laundering, generally (the money resulting from _that_ would then need laundering).

[melx]

Money muling (the activity I described above) is a type of money laundering.