by "ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
Published 06/08/2017 at 16:50
by "ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
Published 06/08/2017 at 16:50
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I was the victim of this crime. An email that looked like it came from me to my bookkeeper asked her to wire $23,750 to an account in Texas she did it.
It was a fraud, some kind of mirror account. That is a lot of money that I will never see again. Apparently, the same account was used to steal all over the country, including from some school districts.
Fuck. Bad day, Oppo.
"Party-vi" (party-vi)
06/08/2017 at 16:56, STARS: 1
Sounds like you need a policy in place for transfers over a certain amount. Sucks.
"Tripper" (tripe46)
06/08/2017 at 16:57, STARS: 1
Aw man that is rough! I stopped our accounts payable person from the exact same thing literally minutes before she confirmed the transfer. I overheard her saying that she initiated a wire that our CEO emailed her about and I though “no fucking way he would do that over email.”
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
06/08/2017 at 16:59, STARS: 0
This has been a scam in banks for as long as I can remember, but the banks already expect it. People who don’t wire frequently might not recognize it immediately. That sucks...
"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
06/08/2017 at 17:03, STARS: 0
That sucks. I’ve been getting scam emails recently. They look almost just like services I use but something looks off. Then in a few hours I get a legit email saying all accounts have been locked and I must change my password. I never click the links or try to log in so I’m lucky there.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
06/08/2017 at 17:14, STARS: 1
Ouch. People have been working this scam for a while now, and it’s tough.
A buddy of mine is CFOS at mfg company and they nearly lost $750k this way. The only reason it didn’t go through was because they were greedy - over $500k required the signature of the person they were spoofing.
Glad you got your policies updated, and sorry about the loss.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/08/2017 at 17:17, STARS: 0
Shit, that sucks. I’m really sorry to hear it. For what it’s worth, your coolheadedness about all of this is admirable and should be a lesson to us all.
"haveacarortwoorthree2" (haveacarortwoorthree2)
06/08/2017 at 17:21, STARS: 0
Any insurance coverage for this?
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
06/08/2017 at 17:35, STARS: 1
That is brutal! I feel horrible for you.
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
06/08/2017 at 17:40, STARS: 1
*Hugs* I’m sorry this happened to you! Hopefully you find a way to get all or some of it back! :) I’m also happy she’s a loyal employee, I know how it is to do something like this (actually, I did something similar 3 months ago by missing 1 tiny step. It took to yesterday for the other person to realize my mistake.).
It’s something that ruins your whole day, week, maybe longer if depression’s peppered in. :/
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
06/08/2017 at 17:45, STARS: 0
Spoofing executive/leadership accounts and using them to instruct others to transfer money is a hot hacker scam right now. There are insurance policies out there specific to cyber crime but they won’t do you much good after the fact. I’d recommend reaching out to an IT security provider who can work on tracing the email and hardening your spam blocking against these sort of spoofed accounts.
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
06/08/2017 at 18:25, STARS: 1
Damn, and I thought the company that scammed me out of $30 for a drone was bad. That’s a lot of dough.
"NJAnon" (NJAnon)
06/08/2017 at 18:51, STARS: 1
the bad guys never stop. they come from every angle.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
06/09/2017 at 07:45, STARS: 0
give her a wrap over the knuckles and sigh.
then move on
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
06/09/2017 at 20:10, STARS: 1
Wow, yeah that is a lot of money to not make sure