Two years ago, a small #school district lost nearly $2 million in a business email compromise (BEC) scheme when an employee unknowingly sent a wire transfer payment for a construction project to a criminal, not a construction company. @FBIDallasow.ly/5ujN50AAssw
@FBIDallas BEC schemes usually feature scammers posing as vendors and asking unsuspecting businesses to wire money. These #scams cost individuals, businesses, and communities more than $26 billion per year. ow.ly/p3WT50AAsHD
Money mules are people who transfer illegally acquired money on behalf of or at the direction of another. They play key roles in BEC schemes because they move profits through their own accounts, shielding the criminals and the cash.
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