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Hassin Bin Sober

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11. Yep. Plenty of businesses have been scammed by wire requests.
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 03:49 PM
Jan 2022

A friend of mine is a hedge fund CFO. She’s told me of some of the scams she’s seen. One almost got her - she received an email from the CEO that seemed legit. Luckily she called with a follow up. She’s had a few clients that have been burned. We are talking hundreds of thousands to millions.

My attorney has warnings on his emails and faxes about not wiring any funds without speaking to him. I suppose next they’ll be spoofing voices.

Fiduciary. dchill Jan 2022 #1
absoluteliary DeeNice Jan 2022 #5
Veriary. dchill Jan 2022 #17
Chase might want to cut their losses leftieNanner Jan 2022 #2
its crazy that chase let this woman go from branch to branch wiring to Thailand Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #8
I'd Think The Bank... ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #13
In the past year, I've done several wire transfers as distributions MineralMan Jan 2022 #3
escrow deposit... verified and verified because people have wired their escrow deposit to scammers Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #6
Yes, that, too. MineralMan Jan 2022 #12
I've heard accounts of young adults in college and business owners falling victims to these scammers ck4829 Jan 2022 #4
Yep. Plenty of businesses have been scammed by wire requests. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2022 #11
my wonderful neighbor got scammed out of over $80,000 MagickMuffin Jan 2022 #7
thats horrible. I hate thieves...t Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #9
Yep, she took out a reverse mortgage on her house. MagickMuffin Jan 2022 #15
My mother-in-law turned over her computer to some scammer. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2022 #14
Worth reading it all--David Lazarus is an excellent consumer affairs columnist. nt Hekate Jan 2022 #10
Lots of people fall for these scams Buckeyeblue Jan 2022 #16
Too much money to have in a checking account where it is easily accessible Klaralven Jan 2022 #18
agreed. Now someone in Thailand is living large Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #19
Coinbase helped stop one of these scammers when the bank failed to. RandiFan1290 Jan 2022 #20
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