Scammers duped California city into wiring nearly $1M meant for rec center
The sophisticated scam involved a tiny email alteration and fraudsters hacking an assistant to the city manager’s email.
A California city got conned out of nearly $1 million after scammers posed as a construction company, then impersonated a city employee to make sure the bogus payment went through. Pittsburg wired $… [+3578 chars]