+- MacResource (https://forums.macresource.com)
+-- Forum: My Category (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Tips and Deals (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=3)
+--- Thread: 'Shark Tank' Star victim of email phishing for nearly $400K (/showthread.php?tid=237687)
'Shark Tank' Star victim of email phishing for nearly $400K - MrNoBody - 02-28-2020
NBC News
From the "It can happen to anyone department"...
Real estate mogul and “Shark Tank” star Barbara Corcoran has been swindled out
of nearly $400,000 in an email phishing scam.
NBC News by Drew Weisholtz wrote:
“I lost the $388,700 as a result of a fake email chain sent to my company,”
Corcoran said. “It was an invoice supposedly sent by my assistant to my
bookkeeper approving the payment for a real estate renovation. There was no
reason to be suspicious as I invest in a lot of real estate.”
Corcoran’s bookkeeper had received the email from someone she thought was
Corcoran’s assistant and made the payment for the renovation earlier this week.
No one suspected anything was amiss until the bookkeeper sent an email to the
real email address used by Corcoran’s assistant letting her know the payment was
made.
Re: 'Shark Tank' Star victim of email phishing for nearly $400K - rz - 02-28-2020
Actually it was her assistant who was scammed. But it was her money.
Re: 'Shark Tank' Star victim of email phishing for nearly $400K - Speedy - 02-28-2020
rz wrote:
Actually it was her assistant who was scammed. But it was her money.
No, her accountant was scammed.
Re: 'Shark Tank' Star victim of email phishing for nearly $400K - Acer - 02-28-2020
BRB, generating invoices...