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Speaking of Scams and Fraud,
My company gets seemingly constant spam where money is requested for various things. I got a new one yesterday that was very clever.....
My payroll clerk got an email from our "Director of Operations" stating that he had set up a new bank and needed his direct deposit changed. "He" provided routing number and account.
Fortunately, I heard the payroll clerk asking the "real" Director of Operations for a canceled check and to fill out a form. He then stated that he thought he had previously given her these things but that he would re-provide them (basically, falling for the scam).
Me....hearing all this questioned the clerk and asked why she didn't ask for these things when he initially was hired (about a year ago) and she informed me that "he" had just made changes to his banking. He heard all this and stated that he had not made any changes - had our hallway conversations not been overheard, someone would be off with his money.
Of course, this was reported to the bank, with the account info but these spammers get an account opened and use it only once. They rarely get caught since the accounts are set up with bogus info in the first place.
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