Pretty sneaky email scam (1 Viewer)

[IC FBGCav]

The owner is Wayne and I am the CFO and my name is Chris. They used the owners full name but I noticed the .co instead of .com Plus he doesn't talk that way.

[SIZE=11pt]From:[/SIZE][SIZE=11pt] Wayne [mailto:wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx.co]
Sent: 05/28/2015 11:47 AM
To: chris@xxxxxxxxx.com
Subject: Wire Request[/SIZE]

[SIZE=13.5pt]Chris-- can we send a wire out today?

Please note that I'm busy and I can't take calls right now, I will appreciate swift email correspondence.

Regards,[/SIZE]

[SIZE=13.5pt]Wayne[/SIZE]

 

[gameday]

I think this is the same scam that Mattel's CFO fell for. Mattel didn't actually lose any money because there was an issue with the account number, but he did try to wire the funds. http://www.benzinga.com/news/15/05/5483640/report-mattel-cfo-nearly-duped-out-of-3-2-million-in-china

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Please do the needful

 

[STBootleg]

Please do the needful

I deal with international customers daily and this phrase always makes me laugh.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

He should've gone with "Yours in Christ" for the closing

 

[Guest]

An Omaha company lost $17.2 million to this scam earlier this year.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

An Omaha company lost $17.2 million to this scam earlier this year.

Well, yeah. The bank was in China, not Nigeria. How were they to know?

 

[NutterButter]

As a programmer, this wouldn't work on me.

 

[Soulfly3]

remind me why someone falls for this again?

 

[chet]

remind me why someone falls for this again?

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If they were really smart, they'd make it .corn

 

[IC FBGCav]

remind me why someone falls for this again?

They don't pay attention to detail and they are yes men.

 

[JaxBill]

remind me why someone falls for this again?

m

If they were really smart, they'd make it .corn

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