The most outrageous out-sourcing scheme I heard lately is the out-sourcing of the online ads clicking.
Online ads are paid per click, i.e. 4 cents everytime someone actually mouse-clicks on it. Obviously online ads agency such as Google or Yahoo would benefit from this kind of out-sourcing but that will be unethical (really?). So who else would hire housewives in India or Srilanka to click ads for them?
It turned out competitors may do that too. Massive amount of no-results-what-soever clicks will cause competitors lose money and lower the efficiency of their ads. They have probably already complained to Google or Yahoo. Now here is another new fraud problem for Google and Yahoo to solve.