Property News · March 4, 2016

Email scam costs couple £25,000 – but no one will help


Transfer they thought was to builder turned out to be fraudulent but police and banks have so far not helped recover the moneyA record label manager and her husband have been conned out of £25,000 after becoming the latest people to fall victim to a highly sophisticated email scam.Their story involves a fraudster who posed as their builder, set up a copycat email address and even managed to mock up an incredibly realistic fake invoice. It shows the lengths criminals will go to, and will send a shiver down the spine of anyone about to have work done on their house or who are thinking about employing a tradesman. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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